title: Working in partnership with patients and carers.
abstract: Health policy and healthcare professional guidelines promote patient and carer involvement, which includes working in partnership with service users in all aspects of healthcare provision, research and education. This article explores the expectations for nurses to work in partnership with patients and carers, examines the definitions and theories of working in partnership and related concepts, as well as considering examples of partnership working in nursing practice.
authors.affiliation: London South Bank University and University College Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, England.
authors.forename: Lesley
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Baillie
mesh_terms: D017028:Caregivers; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006801:Humans; D010361:Patients; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom
keywords: Florence Nightingale Foundation; nurse education; partnership working; patient involvement; patient participation; person-centred care; shared decision-making