Transforming Doctor-Patient Relationships to Promote Patient-Centered Care: Lessons from Palliative Care

Patient-centered Fertility Care: From Theory to Practice

Background & aim: Healthcare areas, especially fertility care (commonly accompanied with high emotions, as well as long-term and recurring treatment periods) could exclusively benefit from patient-centered care (PCC). Despite evident advantages of PCC, this approach has not been practiced as a routine procedure in current clinical environments yet, even in western developed countries. Therefore...

Transforming doctor-patient relationships.

Historians often ponder how books change history. Our Bodies, Ourselves, the enormously popular and influential work, will long be studied for igniting and sustaining a worldwide women’s health movement. It should also be studied for how it transformed doctorpatient relationships and why it is such a trusted source of health information. The book began in a small discussion group on ‘women and ...

patient-centered fertility care: from theory to practice

background & aim: healthcare areas, especially fertility care (commonly accompanied with high emotions, as well as long-term and recurring treatment periods) could exclusively benefit from patient-centered care (pcc). despite evident advantages of pcc, this approach has not been practiced as a routine procedure in current clinical environments yet, even in western developed countries. therefore...

Do patient autonomy preferences matter? Linking patient-centered care to patient-physician relationships and health outcomes.

As health care systems seek to provide patient-centered care as a cornerstone of quality, the link between patient-centeredness and patient outcomes is a concern. Past research reveals inconsistent findings regarding the impact of patient-centeredness on patient outcomes, and few studies have investigated the factors that moderate this relationship. Most studies have used self-rated outcomes on...

Patient Centered Care Model