Primary health care nurses ’ views on patients’ abilities and resources to make choices and take decisions on health care

Health care organisations are expert organisations in which patients have traditionally had little influence on the care they receive, let alone on the practices of health care facilities. While this view has not completely disappeared, we can observe a general trend towards patients ’ increasing involvement in their care [1]. One example of this is the increased amount of choice that patients have, which has been an important aim in many health care reforms implemented around Europe (e.g. [2–6]).
Source: Health Policy - Category: Health Management Authors: Source Type: research