Moving toward Patient Empowerment.

Weaver, Susan K.; Wilson, Josephine F.

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ERIC Number: EJ494185

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1994

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Moving toward Patient Empowerment.

Weaver, Susan K.; Wilson, Josephine F.

Nursing & Health Care: Perspectives on Community, v15 n9 p480-83 Nov 1994

Modern medical practice tends to enable patients to evade responsibility for their own care, and the traditional model robs patients of control and self-esteem. Radical health care reform must include patient empowerment and education. (SK)

Descriptors: Empowerment, Nurses, Patient Education, Physician Patient Relationship, Responsibility, Self Care Skills

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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