Patient empowerment or the emperor's new clothesSalmon, Peter DPhilHall, George M DSc FRCAAuthor informationDepartment of Clinical Psychology, University of Liverpool, Whelan Building, Brownlow Hill, Liverpool L69 3GB (Salmon)1Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, St George's Hospital Medical School, London SW17 0RE, UKCorrespondence to: Peter Salmon. E-mail: [email protected]Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 97(2):p 53-56, February 2004.Copyright © 2004 Royal Society of Medicine Press Limited