Towards conceptualizing patients as partners in health systems: a systematic review and descriptive synthesis

• Main Authors: Meredith Vanstone (Author), Carolyn Canfield (Author), Cara Evans (Author), Myles Leslie (Author), Mary Anne Levasseur (Author), Maggie MacNeil (Author), Manisha Pahwa (Author), Janelle Panday (Author), Paula Rowland (Author), Shipra Taneja (Author), Laura Tripp (Author), Jeonghwa You (Author), Julia Abelson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background With the sharp increase in the involvement of patients (including family and informal caregivers) as active participants, collaborators, advisors and decision-makers in health systems, a new role has emerged: the patient partner. The role of patient partner differs from other for...