“Same same or different?” A review of reviews of person-centered and patient-centered care

Patient-centered care and/or medicine has been on the healthcare agenda for several decades, as opposed to the previously prevailing bio-medically oriented and paternalistic view of healthcare. The original definition of “patient” was “someone who suffers” [1]. A patient can also be defined as a person who is receiving medical, surgical, or other forms of treatment for a disorder or illness [2]. Vulnerability and dependence are characteristics in the definition of being a patient [3]. The development of pati ent-centered care can be understood as a response to earlier perceived limitations of biomedical traditions [4] pointing to problems related to the biomedical tradition.

Source: Patient Education and Counseling - August 26, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Jakob H åkansson Eklund, Inger K. Holmström, Tomas Kumlin, Elenor Kaminsky, Karin Skoglund, Jessica Höglander, Annelie J. Sundler, Emelie Condén, Martina Summer Meranius Tags: Review article Source Type: research