Empowering people with diabetes helps them make informed choices

MacKinnon, M.

Professional Nurse 19(3): 168-170

2003


ISSN/ISBN: 0266-8130
PMID: 14639908
Document Number: 562414
Empowerment is a key component of the National Service Framework for Diabetes. This paper explains the concept and relates it to a major international study of the attitudes, wishes and needs of people with diabetes. Drawing on her own experience, the author describes the roles of the expert patient and the diabetes champion.

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