Cathy J. Beresford

Supporting participatory PhDs: a call to action

Abstract There has been sustained and growing interest in public policy, professional practice, and research, in what has come to be called patient and public, or service user, involvement. Requirements for such involvement are now embedded within health and care legislation, pro...

Rethinking Empowerment in Healthcare: A Dynamic Continuum

ABSTRACT Empowerment is a widely used term in healthcare literature, policy and practice, but its meaning is often inconsistent and increasingly framed as an individual outcome linked to self‐management, responsibility and compliance. However, such framings risk oversimplifying e...