title: Self-empowerment in health promotion: a realistic target?
abstract: There have been many calls for nurses to adopt a self-empowerment model for health promotion practice rather than continuing to work from the medical model. Continuing with our series on health promotion, this article examines features of the self-empowerment approach and questions whether its goals are achievable.
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authors.lastname: Mackintosh
mesh_terms: D015438:Health Behavior; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011209:Power, Psychological; D012648:Self Care / Q000523:psychology*