Empowering partnerships: nurses and those they care for

This chapter:
• explores the traditional roles of nurses and those they care for;
• discusses the concepts of empowerment and partnerships as they apply
   to the provision of health care;
•examines the key concepts of a partnership model:
  a) non-patronising empowerment;
  b) collaborative decision making;
  c)  valuing diversity and individuality; and
  d) mutually beneficial relationship; and
•  identifies the threat to each characteristic of the partnership model.