Patient participation cannot guarantee empowerment

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 18 Sep 1999 English Publisher:BMJJournal:BMJ, volume 319, pages 783-783 (issn: 0959-8138, eissn: 1468-5833,

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Authors: S S, Lamont;

doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7212.783a

pmid: 10488017

pmc: PMC1116609

Patient participation cannot guarantee empowerment

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EDITOR—Much has been written about the importance of participation in community health projects and the benefits of participatory processes for patients and the local population generally. Becoming an equal partner in the decisions that affect the health of individual people and communities is the ideal constantly trumpeted by many professionals in health and social care, as well as being raised in the eBMJ .1 But how …

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Newcastle University
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Keywords

Physician-Patient Relations, Humans, Patient Advocacy, Patient Participation

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