A client who has asthma is being assisted by the case manager to achieve control of the disease. Which type of care is the case manager providing to the client?
1. Case management.
2. Disease management.
3. Multidisciplinary care.
4. Risk management.
Answer: 2
Explanation: 2. Disease management is the process of intensively managing a particular disease across different care settings. Case management is assisting the same client to meet a wide variety of health and social needs. Multidisciplinary care is a team of health care professionals with a designated coordinator. Although the disease management plan might include assessment of risk factors that trigger asthma attacks, this is only one aspect of control of the disease.
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