title: Reflections on empowerment.
abstract: The concept of empowerment is central in nursing and prevalent in nursing literature. In practice, however, it is questionable whether empowerment is ever truly achieved. Are the rights of patients and nurses usually compromised in some way?
authors.affiliation: Saitama Prefectural University, Japan and has just completed MMedSci at the University of Sheffield School of Nursing and Midwifery, Sheffield.
authors.forename: Yumie
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Aoki
keywords: • elderly mental health; • patients: attitudes and perceptions; • reflective practice; • staff attitudes