title: Dilemmas for the empowering nurse.
abstract: The issue of patient empowerment has been commonly debated in nursing journals in the 1990s as its NHS popularity has grown. We discuss here how this issue impacts on the role of the nurse by examining a number of key features of this popular term, given that it underpins our strategic direction as a nursing development unit.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Elliott
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Turrell
mesh_terms: D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009726:Nurses; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010358:Patient Participation; D011209:Power, Psychological