We have articulated three tentative models based on the data
generated with participants. Although self-management was
shown to have multiple meanings, the dominant model was
medical self-management. In addition, much of the literature
assumes that self-management means the same to all people –
both professionals and those living with a chronic condition.
The role of the ‘self’ was excluded from these discourses;
instead, the focus was on medication compliance. However,
sometimes alternative or ‘softer’ terms such as adherence and
concordance have been used.