%0 Journal Article
%T Multi
%A Alexandra R J£¿nsson
%A Lisbeth £¿rtenblad
%A Lucette Meillier
%J Chronic Illness
%@ 1745-9206
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/1742395317731607
%X The importance of everyday life when managing the burden of treatment is rarely studied. This article explores the burden of treatment among people with multi-morbidity by investigating the tension between everyday life and the health care system. This was an ethnographic study using individual interviews and participant-observations. An inductive analytical approach was applied, moving from observations and results to broader generalisations. People with multi-morbidity experience dilemmas related to their individual priorities in everyday life and the management of their treatment burdens. Dilemmas were identified within three domains: family and social life; work life; agendas and set goals in appointments with health professionals. Individual resources and priorities in everyday life play a dominant role in resolving dilemmas and navigating the tension between everyday life and the health care system. People with multi-morbidity are seldom supported by health professionals in resolving the dilemmas they must face. This study suggests an increased focus on patient-centredness and argues in favour of planning health care through cooperation between health professionals and people with multi-morbidity in a way that integrates both health and everyday life priorities
%K Multi-morbidity
%K burden of treatment
%K everyday life
%K ethnographic study
%K patients' perspectives
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1742395317731607