Collaborative Relationships

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Peter Elias: Empowerment and collaboration

Kathleen O'Malley | January 19, 2012

Guest blogger Peter Elias, MD, a family physician, raises some interesting questions about the nature of patient empowerment and explores its implications regarding patient-physician collaboration. This piece originally appeared on the author’s blog, PeterEliasMD (personal observations and perspectives. I was struck last week by a remark in a discussion of patient-centric care: “…patient empowerment is [...]

“Doctors Are Killing Their Profession, the Healthcare System and Their Patients with Paternalism”

e-Patient Dave | October 3, 2009

That’s the strongest language yet in our “Why Participatory Medicine” series. And it’s not our words – it’s the words of a board certified neurosurgeon after he heard the Participatory Medicine message at Medicine 2.0 last month. The message echoed his thoughts, and he blogged about it. The “DocPatient” blog, by Dr. Louis Cornacchia of [...]