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The patient empowerment approach to diabetes care

Diabetes care should include opportunities for people to adress the emotional, social, behavioral, spiritual and psychological, as well as physical, challenges of living with their disease. Empowerment is defined as educational process designed to help patients develop the knowledge, skills, attitudes and degree of self-awareness necessary to effectively assume responsibility for their health related decisions. Empowerment approach to diabetes care adresses the psychosocial areas by helping individuals develop skills and self-awareness in goal setting, problem solving, stress management, coping, social support and motivation. It is intended to enable patients to make informed decisions about their own diabetes care. Empowerment represents a conceptual shift in the relationship between patients and educators. The patients are no longer just consumers of health services but active partners in the provision of their diabetes care.

patient empowerment; diabetes mellitus; diabetes care

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