Research log for Experience and Other Evidence essay

Gibson, Robert, M, and  Ferrini Rebecca.   "You let them do what??!! Decision-making capacity and the excercise of patient autonomy in LTC." Annals of Long Term Care 18.0 (2010): 25-30. CINAHL.EBSCO. Web. 6 Mar. 2011.

-In  trying to see what it means to be a patient, I felt it would important to know the legal rights of long term care patients.

Sakalys JA.  "Patient autonomy: patient voices and perspectives in illness narratives"  International Journal for Human Caring 14.1 (2010): 15-20. CINAHL. EBSCO. Web. 6 Mar. 2011.

-In trying to discuss patient autonmy I felt being knowledgeable of current issues revolving around the  endangerment of autonomy from patient experience would be both very important and insightful in trying to understand the relationship between the patient and their independence.

T Kunowski, et al.  " The productive partnerships framework: harnessing health consumer knowledge and autonomy to create and predict successful rehabilitation outcomes." Disability and Rehabilitation 32.12

(2010): 978-985. CINHAL. EBSCO. Web. 6 Mar. 2011.

- This article can provide a more detailed description of the current doctor- patient relationship as well as  exactly how much "power" the patient possess in this relationship.This "power" is heavily associated with autonomy of the patient or could be used synonymously with the word.From looking at the past and changing relationship of doctor and patient, defining the patient can be based on the nonchanging elements between this shift.