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Information is the key to patient empowerment
1Illinois State Medical Society, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL, USA.
Annals of Health Law
|November 15, 2002
Abstract:
Mr. Kane's paper examines the role of patients to ensure that they have both the knowledge and power to direct their health care choices. The evolving health care market place is discussed to emphasize the increased importance of individual involvement in health decision making. A checklist sets forth questions which a patient should ask of herself and of her provider before entering into health care decisions.