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Patient empowerment: a prescription for success
Author(s) -
Fuller Mark
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
trends in urology and men's health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2044-3749
pISSN - 2044-3730
DOI - 10.1002/tre.609
Subject(s) - medical prescription , patient empowerment , empowerment , primary care , social needs , social care , nursing , medicine , family medicine , health care , political science , law
With primary care under pressure, Mark Fuller describes a project in Leeds where GPs give patients a ‘social prescription’ to local services that can support more than just their medical needs.