Background: There has been overwhelming interest in the goal of service user
empowerment within Western health and social care over the past two decades …

A concept analysis of empowerment: its relationship to mental health nursing¶ The concept
of empowerment is described as being intuitively attractive to nurses and the nursing …

The problem of inadequate pain management in hospitals is well documented. Patients who
have substance use disorders (SUD) have many medical problems and are often in pain as …

The concept of empowerment has become increasingly popular with mental health
professionals. But while it is a frequently cited goal in the helping professions, empowerment …

The current emphasis in nursing is on caring, what it involves and why it is the profession's
responsibility. This article focuses on the opposite behaviors—the" dark side of …

This study explored hospitalized substance abusers' perspectives about getting their pain
adequately addressed in the hospital setting and their interactions with nurses about pain …

Seclusion continues to be used in the care of acutely disturbed psychiatric patients despite
often emotionally charged debate about its appropriateness within mental health services …

This paper presents an exploratory study of factors of perceived risk related to people who
experience serious mental illness. The study focuses upon four stakeholder groups: service …

This paper is concerned with the experience of service users of a mental health Trust. The
shared experience of the particular service user group is that of auditory hallucinations. The …

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uncluttered style, a thorough grasp of her subject, and has organized the material well …