Treatment alliance and its association with family functioning, adherence, and medical outcome in adolescents with severe, chronic asthma

Abstract

As emphasized in the recently revised Expert Panel Report: Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma (NHLBI, 1997), the ability of children with asthma, their parents, and their physician to create a positive partnership, or treatment alliance, appears to have an important role in optimal asthma management.