Patient empowerment
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The patient empowerment concept, a recent outgrowth of the natural
health movement, asserts that to be truly healthy, people must bring about changes in their social situations and in the
environment that influences their lives, not only in their personal behavior. See patient rights for a discussion of the
legal and human rights of patients, which are significantly less controversial.
Key tenets of the patient empowerment philosophy:
- Patients cannot be forced to follow a lifestyle dictated by others.
- Preventive medicine requires patient empowerment for it to be effective.
- Patients as consumers have the
right to make their own choices and the ability to act on them.
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