Open AccessFor the Many, Not the Few: Patient Empowerment
Author(s) -
Denis Horgan,
Geoffrey Henning,
Ian Banks,
Tom van der Wal,
Stanimir Hasurdjiev,
Jana Pelouchová
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
biomedicine hub
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2296-6870
DOI - 10.1159/000481128
Subject(s) - patient empowerment , empowerment , pillar , health care , value (mathematics) , front line , health professionals , medicine , perception , nursing , public relations , psychology , business , political science , computer science , engineering , law , structural engineering , machine learning , neuroscience
Today's patients are more knowledgable than ever before and should be placed at the centre of their own healthcare decisions. Empowering the patient is, and always will be, a fundamental pillar of personalised medicine. Front-line healthcare professionals cannot treat a patient properly without taking into account his or her perceptions of value. They cannot treat a patient properly without taking into account that patient's lifestyle and, of course, they cannot treat a patient properly without creating equal access across the EU to the best possible treatments available. The authors of this article examine ways to enhance the empowerment of Europe's patients.