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Abstract
This article examines the history of patients' behaviour since the middle of the 20(th) century. It describes a number of strategies that have served to encourage patients to exercise increasingly autonomous behaviour. The effect has been to instil a sense of agency in previously passive patients.Entities:
Keywords: agency; autonomy; behaviour; patients
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Year: 2013 PMID: 24372176 DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.12100
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Sociol Health Illn ISSN: 0141-9889