	CONCEPTIONS OF PATIENT INVOLVEMENT
LEVELS OF INTERACTION	Recipient of communication	Subject of consultation	Agent in control
INTERACTION BETWEEN PATIENTS	Newsletters Periodicals	Advocacy schemes	Hearing voices Newsletters Periodicals
INTERACTION BETWEEN PATIENT AND PROFESSIONALS	Receiving care plansa	Agreeing care plans	Direct payments
MANAGEMENT OF LOCAL SERVICES	Receiving information services	Patient councils Patient surveys ‘User-focused monitoring’	Patient-run crisis houses Social firms
PLANNING OF OVERALL SERVICES	Community care plans	Mental health taskforce membership Stakeholder Conferences Patients on local implementation teams

↵a The area in bold shows that patients' interactions with primary care health professionals appear to be predominantly in terms of their being recipients of, rather than partners in, care.