'Let the patient revolution begin'. May 2014 - Thyroid UK

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'Let the patient revolution begin'. May 2014

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6 years ago•6 Replies

Let the patient revolution begin

bmj.com/content/346/bmj.f2614

Patients can improve healthcare: it’s time to take partnership seriously

Tessa Richards analysis editor 1, Victor M Montori professor 2, Fiona Godlee editor in chief 1, Peter

Lapsley patient editor 1, Dave Paul secretary of the patient advisory group 2

1BMJ, London WC1H 9JR, UK; 2Knowledge and Evaluation Research (KER) Unit, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

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"It has been said that healthcare won’t get better until patients play a leading role in fixing it.14

We agree and look forward to helping drive the patient revolution on".

Maybe, it has already started.

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NWA66 years ago

Viva la revolution! 😀

diogenesRemembering6 years ago

Note that article is 6 years old. Have the propositions really taken root yet?

• in reply todiogenes6 years ago

I am just a patient, but, I believe so.

Approx. 10 years ago I was introduced to the Society for Participatory Medicine participatorymedicine.org/

The Journal of Participatory Medicine is the Official Journal of the Society for Participatory Medicine, a peer-reviewed, open access journal with the mission to advance the understanding and practice of participatory medicine among health care professionals and patients.

participatorymedicine.org/j...

The Journal is now published by JMIR Publication jopm.jmir.org/

PATIENT CENTRED CARE

From patient centred to people powered: autonomy on the rise

Following in the path of feminists and civil rights leaders, informed patients are building a progressive social movement to improve medical care. Dave deBronkart says medicine should let patients help improve care, share responsibility, and think for themselves

epatientdave.com/

diogenesRemembering• in reply to6 years ago

From what I see in the UK it hasn't crossed the Atlantic, and certainly not in thyroid treatment and diagnosis. There is still too much of "doctor knows best so shut up" attitudes here.

• in reply todiogenes6 years ago

I agree with all you say.

The old adage "Don't confuse me with the facts - my minds made up" is common thinking.

Thank you, and your colleagues, for a attempting to change the status quo.