Patients' experiences with their disease: learning from the differences and sharing the common problems

Experiences and views of patients are presented concerning psychological, professional, family life, cognitive and financial aspects of the costs of several chronic diseases: arterial hypertension, autonomous dialysis, back pain, bronchial asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, colostomy, diabetes mellitus, epilepsy, laryngectomy, Parkinson's disease. The posters expressed what patients would really like to tell their doctors.