title: Toward a framework for patient education. An analysis of enablement.
abstract: Patient education is an activity that nurses engage in on a regular basis, yet in the literature it is seldom examined as a patient-centered process. The desire to describe the process of patient education in terms that were not content-driven was the guiding force for an examination of the concept of enablement. The purpose of this article is to describe an analysis that resulted in a definition of enablement and the identification of three components: means, abilities, and opportunities. Model, related, and contrary cases are provided. The findings of this examination are used to propose a potential framework for designing, implementing, and evaluating patient education across content areas.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Windsor, Canada.
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Stamler
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D018939:Holistic Nursing; D006801:Humans; D017145:Models, Educational; D016294:Models, Nursing; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D018802:Patient-Centered Care; D012648:Self Care