Patient involvement in healthcare professional practice – a question about knowledge

• Published in: International Journal of Circumpolar Health
• Main Author: Tine Aagaard
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2017
• Subjects: Patient involvement; patient perspective; chronic illness; everyday life; qualitative research; Greenland; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Nuuk; Circumpolar Health; International Journal of Circumpolar Health
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2017.1403258; https://doaj.org/article/8e1bf0508c1e4e7bbaf59ac4a2b19da6

The concept of patient involvement is ambiguous and contested in the healthcare systems in Western Europe and North America. Current research indicates that patients only feel moderately involved in their treatment and care. This article builds on a study of chronically ill patients’ perspectives on...