title: Client-held records in community mental health.
abstract: This paper looks at how a care booklet has been introduced and used in a community mental health service. It shows how a client-held record can improve communication and care coordination and help users achieve greater autonomy and empowerment.
authors.affiliation: Tower Hamlets Healthcare NHS Trust, London.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stafford
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hannigan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003142:Communication; D003152:Community Health Nursing; D003156:Community Mental Health Services; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008499:Medical Records; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D010358:Patient Participation; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing