TY - JOUR AU - Mercer, Stewart W. AU - Jani, Bhautesh D. AU - Maxwell, Margaret AU - Wong, Samuel YS AU - Watt, Graham CM PY - 2012 DA - 2012/02/08 TI - Patient enablement requires physician empathy: a cross-sectional study of general practice consultations in areas of high and low socioeconomic deprivation in Scotland JO - BMC Family Practice SP - 6 VL - 13 IS - 1 AB - Patient 'enablement' is a term closely aligned with 'empowerment' and its measurement in a general practice consultation has been operationalised in the widely used patient enablement instrument (PEI), a patient-rated measure of consultation outcome. However, there is limited knowledge regarding the factors that influence enablement, particularly the effect of socio-economic deprivation. The aim of the study is to assess the factors influencing patient enablement in GP consultations in areas of high and low deprivation. SN - 1471-2296 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2296-13-6 DO - 10.1186/1471-2296-13-6 ID - Mercer2012 ER -