The Bright Side and the Dark Side of Patient Empowerment : Co-creation and Co-destruction of Value in the Healthcare Environment

• Main Author: Palumbo, Rocco (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Public Health,
• Subjects: Business.; Health care management.; Health services administration.; Health promotion.; Health administration.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9783319583440
• ISSN: 2192-3698
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-58344-0
• Physical Description: XIX, 85 p. 11 illus. online resource.

Patient empowerment as a key component in the future of healthcare systems is the focus of this concise in-depth analysis. It begins by defining patient empowerment as a collaborative partnership linking patients, providers, and systems, and examines the roles of health literacy, provider-patient an...