Introduction to person-centred medicine: from concepts to practice

From the Second Geneva Conference on Person Centered Medicine Person-Centered Medicine: From Concepts to Practice EDITORIAL

President, International Network for Person-centered Medicine, President 2005–2008, World Psychiatric Association and Professor of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York University, New York, USA President 2007–2008, World Medical Association and Board Member, International Network for Person-centered Medicine, Department of Geriatrics, Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavik, ...

Patient- or person-centred practice in medicine? – A review of concepts

BACKGROUND Person-centred practice in medicine may provide solutions to several pressing problems in health care, including the cost of services, poor outcomes in chronic care and the rise in litigation. It is also an ethical imperative in itself. However, patient- or person-centred care is not well researched partly because of a lack of conceptual and definitional clarity. AIM The aim of thi...

How to practice person‐centred care: A conceptual framework

BACKGROUND Globally, health-care systems and organizations are looking to improve health system performance through the implementation of a person-centred care (PCC) model. While numerous conceptual frameworks for PCC exist, a gap remains in practical guidance on PCC implementation. METHODS Based on a narrative review of the PCC literature, a generic conceptual framework was developed in coll...

AN INTRODUCTION TO PERSON-CENTRED COUNSELLING PSYCHOLOGY Professor EWAN GILLON CHAPTER 3 – A PERSON-CENTRED THEORY OF PSYCHOLOGICAL THERAPY

Person-centred medicine: towards a definition.

The history of the relationship between Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) and mainstream health care has shifted from the early days of pluralism, through hostility and exclusion, to one of grudging acceptance. The current situation is characterised by a tacit acknowledgement and in some cases opens endorsement by biomedicine for a number of forms of CAM practice, largely driven by t...