Integrating patient empowerment as an essential characteristic of the discipline of general practice/family medicine

European Journal of General Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 89-94

  Mola, Ernesto ^a   De Bonis, Judith A ^a   Giancane, Raffaele ^a  

^a Scientific Interdisciplinary Association of Both Family and Community Medicine   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic diseases; Empowerment; General practice; Self management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMPOWERMENT; EUROPE; FAMILY MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SELF CARE;

DECISION MAKING; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SELF CARE;

EID: 55949131217     PISSN: 13814788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13814780802423463     Document Type: Article

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