title: Empowerment of patients---fact or fiction?
authors.forename: Ben
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Squires
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Learmonth
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009985:Orthopedics; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D006113:United Kingdom; D014850:Waiting Lists