Includes bibliographical references and index.

UK origins and arguments / F. Roy Jones -- The ideas and health context where self-management emerged / Jennifer Newbould -- Participants views -- Advanced journeys into self-management / Barbara Hogg -- The principles of lay leadership / Jean Thompson -- Delivering courses now -- The value of self-management : retrieving a sense of self : the loss and reconstruction of a life / Patrick Hill and Mike Osborn -- Self-management and government policy / David Colin-Thom�e -- The business case for lay-led self-management / Keith Hawley -- Implementing the pilot EPP : an interview with Ayesha Dost -- Self-management and patient & public involvement : an interview with Bob Sang -- The expert patients programme : community interest company : the future / Simon Knighton -- Co-creating health : transforming health care systems : an interview with Natalie Grazin -- Three bodies of the UK research -- Hard talk : what do we really know about benefits and value of self-management course provision? / David G. Taylor -- Which way is forward? / F. Roy Jones.