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Empowerment reconsidered

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In this paper, we discuss the notion of empowerment in relation to healthcare and IT systems. By unfolding strategies to empower patients in healthcare, based on a specific case, we wish contribute to the discussion of IT based empowerment.

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CC '05: Proceedings of the 4th decennial conference on Critical computing: between sense and sensibility
August 2005
218 pages
ISBN:1595932038
DOI:10.1145/1094562
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Published: 20 August 2005

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  1. collaborative health information systems
  2. empowerment
  3. heterogeneity in healthcare

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