This discussion paper was prepared in consultation with the following workshop participants:

Diana Aspinall, population health consultant and Director, Arthritis NSW

Helen Cameron-Tucker, physiotherapist and Coordinator of Outpatient Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation, Royal Hobart Hospital and Master Trainer, Stanford Chronic Disease Self-Management Program

Peter Holder, community pharmacist, ACT

Judy Proudfoot, Senior Research Fellow, School of Psychiatry and Black Dog Institute, University of New South Wales

Ron Tomlins, general practitioner, Adjunct Associate Professor, Discipline of General Practice, Western Clinical School, Westmead, University of Sydney, and immediate past chairman, National Asthma Council Australia

Peter Waxman, general practitioner and Medical Advisor on General Practice, Department of Human Services, Victoria

Other contributors:

Karen Carey-Hazell, former Chair, Health Consumers’ Council of Western Australia and consumer representative, Consumer’s Health Forum

Milena Katz, dietitian

Content Updated June 2007