Empowerment reconsidered

Authors:
Nis Johannsen;Finn Kensing
Affiliations:
IT University of Copenhagen, Rued Langaards Vej, Denmark;IT University of Copenhagen, Rued Langaards Vej, Denmark
Venue:
Proceedings of the 4th decennial conference on Critical computing: between sense and sensibility
Year:
2005

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Abstract

In this paper, we discuss the notion of empowerment in relation to healthcare and IT systems. By unfolding strategies to empower patients in healthcare, based on a specific case, we wish contribute to the discussion of IT based empowerment.