Empowerment or control? An analysis of the extent to which client participation is enabled during health visitor/client interactions using a structured health needs assessment tool

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 413-426

  Mitcheson, Jan ^a   Cowley, Sarah ^b  

^a Suffolk College   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Control; Conversational analysis; Empowerment; Health promotion; Health visiting; Needs assessment; Participation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH VISITOR; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; POLITICS; UNITED KINGDOM; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; WORKLOAD;

COMMUNICATION; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CUES; ENGLAND; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATE MEDICINE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0037610116     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7489(02)00107-4     Document Type: Article

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