Patient enablement requires physician empathy: a cross-sectional study of general practice consultations in areas of high and low socioeconomic deprivation in Scotland

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Patient 'enablement' is a term closely aligned with 'empowerment' and its measurement in a general practice consultation has been operationalised in the widely used patient enablement instrument (PEI), a patient-r...

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Main Authors: Mercer Stewart W, Jani Bhautesh D, Maxwell Margaret, Wong Samuel YS, Watt Graham CM
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-02-01
Series:BMC Family Practice
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Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2296/13/6