The moral discourse of HIV providers within their organizational context: an ethnographic case study

Evidence-based medicine means that clinical decisions entail the best external evidence (i.e., data driven information), clinical expertise (i.e., the “art” of medicine) and patient preferences [1]. Clinical decisions should be informed by medical evidence and providers’ knowledge of patients’ unique contexts and abilities. Providers, however, often make judgments and decisions about care based on their beliefs about patients’ characteri stics, motivations, behaviors and perceived ability to self-manage.

Source: Patient Education and Counseling - August 13, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Gemmae M. Fix, Justeen K. Hyde, Rendelle E. Bolton, Victoria A. Parker, Kelly Dvorin, Juliet Wu, Avy A. Skolnik, D. Keith McInnes, Amanda M. Midboe, Steven M. Asch, Allen L. Gifford, Barbara G. Bokhour Source Type: research