title: Empowering people with diabetes helps them make informed choices.
abstract: Empowerment is a key component of the National Service Framework for Diabetes. This paper explains the concept and relates it to a major international study of the attitudes, wishes and needs of people with diabetes. Drawing on her own experience, the author describes the roles of the expert patient and the diabetes champion.
authors.affiliation: University of Warwick.
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: MacKinnon
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D002755:Choice Behavior; D003657:Decision Making; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology*; D014943:Global Health; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D011209:Power, Psychological; D012648:Self Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology