is an emerging term describing patients’ active participation in the management of their health and wellness.
Published in Chapter:
Active Patient Role in Recording Health Data
Josipa Kern (University of Zagreb, School of Medicine, Andrija Stampar School of Public Health, Croatia), Kristina Fister (University of Zagreb, School of Medicine, Andrija Stampar School of Public Health, Croatia), and Ozren Polasek (University of Zagreb, Croatia)
Copyright: © 2009
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DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-026-4.ch003
Abstract
The healing process can be viewed as a partnership between doctors and patients, nurses and physicians or, more generally, a partnership of health professionals and health care users (Anonymous, 2008, Graham, 2007). A patient-centered approach that empowers patients to participate in decisions about their treatment and health care options asks for active participation of patients themselves, specifically, in health information gathering and exchange of this information with their health or medical records (Bachman, 2007; Stolyar, Lober, Drozd, & Sibley, 2005).