Nursing in Partnership with Patients and Carers

Audrey Reed has recently retired from the role of programme manager and nursing lecturer at Leeds University. She had been in this role for ten years during which she had led on curriculum development. On such development, was a new module on service user and carer perspectives which she created jointly with an “expert patient”. She has 25 years′ experience of teaching, both pre- and post- registration students.

Introduction
The Nurse-patient Relationship
Health Policy on Patient and Carer Partnership
Patient Participation and Partnership
Nursing in Partnership with Carers
Family-centred Care
The Biographical Approach and Assessment
Supporting Self-care
Health Information and Health Literacy
Quality Issues in Patient Participation
References
Index