Patients are increasingly encouraged to become active players in self-care and shared
decision-making. Such attention has led to an explosion of terms–empowerment …

Background In recent years, interventions and health policy programmes have been
established to promote patient empowerment, with a particular focus on patients affected by …

Background Patients as active partners in their personal healthcare are key drivers to
reducing costs, securing an effective usage of resources, and ensuring patient-provider …

Whilst there is no consensus amongst analysts regarding how best to define 'patient
empowerment', at the very least, this concept entails a re‐distribution of power between …

Background Health policy in the UK and elsewhere is prioritising patient empowerment and
patient evaluations of healthcare. Patient reported outcome measures now take centre-stage …

Patient empowerment as a key component in the future of healthcare systems is the focus of
this concise in-depth analysis. It begins by defining patient empowerment as a collaborative …

Objective The purpose of this review is two-fold: 1) to broaden conceptualization of patient
empowerment by synthesizing qualitative research on patient perspectives, and 2) to …

Objective The objective of this study is to shed light on common characteristics revealed in
concept analyses of empowerment to contribute to further understanding. A further objective …

Background Patient empowerment is viewed by policy makers and health care practitioners
as a mechanism to help patients with long-term conditions better manage their health and …

Patient empowerment, a concept focused on patient-centeredness and patients autonomy,
is a well-discussed topic in health literature. However, translating theory into practice is a …