title: [Patient empowerment].
abstract: It is the explicit, political ambition of the Region of the capital in Denmark to apply the principle of patient empowerment on all levels of the health-care system. However, precise operationalized criteria for the application of patient empowerment are still not well-defined. In this article the premises of such an application is analysed and it is shown what kind of evidence should be required as criteria for interventions by the health-care system. A differentiation between two forms of interventions is made: one supporting patients who already control most of their own health care, an other increasing patients' responsibilities.
authors.affiliation: Tværfagligt Videnscenter for -Patientstøtte, Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 København Ø. E-mail: lasse.posborg.michelsen@regionh.dk.
authors.forename: Lasse
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Posborg Michelsen
mesh_terms: D003718:Denmark; D006801:Humans; D010358:Patient Participation