The aim of the study was to gain knowledge of the patients’ views and experiences of the principles of empowerment in a psychiatric context. Qualitative content analysis was used to interpret the meaning of the patients’ views and experiences based on focus group interviews. The findings and interpretations revealed three main themes; possibilities and presuppositions for participation, the system influences the empowerment process and collaboration along a continuum of power between empowerment and powerlessness. The findings and interpretations give voice to the patients and allow their concerns to be raised. The need for further research regarding the system’s influence on empowerment, power and cooperation is apparent both from the pati...
BACKGROUND: Patients increasingly assume active roles in their mental health care. While there is a ...
Background A key ethical issue in psychiatry concerns the relationship with patients. A central dile...
Background: While increasingly discussed in somatic care, the concept of patient participation remai...
The aim of the study was to gain knowledge of the patients’ views and experiences of the principles ...
Although self-determination is a key issue in empowerment, the perspective of patients on their expe...
Evidence suggests that empowerment is central to improving the effectiveness and quality of mental h...
Context: Service user involvement in service development and research is an international goal. Howe...
Background: There has been overwhelming interest in the goal of service user empowerment within West...
Patient empowerment is widely accepted as a process by which people are helped to use autonomous dec...
Although patient empowerment is widely acknowledged as important by health professionals it remains ...
Patients are increasingly encouraged to become active players in self-care and shared decision-makin...
Through most of the history of the treatment of mental illness, services have had a minimal ...
Through most of the history of the treatment of mental illness, services have had a minimal focus on...
OBJECTIVE: This paper examines how the term "empowerment" has been used in relation to the care and ...
This study was conducted to evaluate the competency to consent to the treatment of psychiatric outpa...
BACKGROUND: Patients increasingly assume active roles in their mental health care. While there is a ...
Background A key ethical issue in psychiatry concerns the relationship with patients. A central dile...
Background: While increasingly discussed in somatic care, the concept of patient participation remai...
The aim of the study was to gain knowledge of the patients’ views and experiences of the principles ...
Although self-determination is a key issue in empowerment, the perspective of patients on their expe...
Evidence suggests that empowerment is central to improving the effectiveness and quality of mental h...
Context: Service user involvement in service development and research is an international goal. Howe...
Background: There has been overwhelming interest in the goal of service user empowerment within West...
Patient empowerment is widely accepted as a process by which people are helped to use autonomous dec...
Although patient empowerment is widely acknowledged as important by health professionals it remains ...
Patients are increasingly encouraged to become active players in self-care and shared decision-makin...
Through most of the history of the treatment of mental illness, services have had a minimal ...
Through most of the history of the treatment of mental illness, services have had a minimal focus on...
OBJECTIVE: This paper examines how the term "empowerment" has been used in relation to the care and ...
This study was conducted to evaluate the competency to consent to the treatment of psychiatric outpa...
BACKGROUND: Patients increasingly assume active roles in their mental health care. While there is a ...
Background A key ethical issue in psychiatry concerns the relationship with patients. A central dile...
Background: While increasingly discussed in somatic care, the concept of patient participation remai...