The concept behind Dragon Claw is radical in that it promotes patient centric self-care and attempts to provide coordinated care management. It does not provide medical advice.
Membership of Dragon Claw is focused on people with Rheumatoid Disease, Lupus, Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, care givers and supportive clinicians. The online concept is unique and innovative by global standards as it focuses on shared knowledge and self-coordination of clinical and other care providers. Dragon Claw is member driven, independent and governed by a formal structure. It is global.
We are trying to fill the gap between the clinician and the community. A 15 minute consultation with your clinician three times a year is not enough for many. We still suffer pain and fatigue and have major issues with depression. The costs of additional support are beyond many. Dragon Claw proposed that you take control and manage your own condition treating the clinician as your adviser. There is so much more we can do ourselves from food to exercise to mental health to meditation. See the three Dragon Claw videos called Theory and Practice in our Video Library (only available to members).
We aim to provide useful tools and services to registered members, carers and clinicians in a completely different way and provide you with a range of services to:
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