What does "Patient empowerment" mean to you? As a person, as a patient, as a relative to a chronic diseased person, as a caregiver, as a child of a sick person, as a sick person, as a parent of a sick kid, etc what does it mean to you? How would you see yourself "empowered? Is Social Media helping you facing your illness? How? What did healthcare social media already bring to you?

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