BACKGROUND: Decision-making and problem-solving processes are powerful activities occurring daily across all healthcare settings. Their empowering potential is seldom fully exploited, and they may even be perceived as disempowering. We deve…
AIM: To review the evidence of the existing literature on the impact of guided self-determination across methodologies in different healthcare settings. METHODS: An integrated five-stage review. RESULTS: Forty-five eligible papers were in…
AIM: The aim of the study was to investigate nurses' skill acquisition in Guided Self-Determination according to the Dreyfus model of skill acquisition and Patricia Benner's studies based on the same model. BACKGROUND: Globally, person-cen…
BACKGROUND: Person-centered care responsive to individual preferences, needs, and values is recognized as an important aspect of high-quality health care, and patient empowerment is increasingly viewed as a central core value of person-cent…
INTRODUCTION: Endometriosis is a chronic disease affecting 5-10% of women in the reproductive age. Despite surgical and medical treatment, many women struggle with pain, infertility, sexual dysfunction, depression, distress and reduced work…