From Person-Centered to Family-Centered Health Care

FROM THE THIRD GENEVA CONFERENCE ON PERSON-CENTERED MEDICINE: PERSON-CENTERED CLINICAL CARE ACTIVITIES Person-centered Therapeutics

A clinician’s effectiveness in treatment depends substantially on his or her attitude toward -and understanding of -the patient as a person endowed with self-awareness and the will to direct his or her own future. The assessment of personality in the therapeutic encounter is a crucial foundation for forming an effective working alliance with shared goals. Helping a person to reflect on their pe...

Person-centered approaches 1 Person-centered Approaches to Personality

Person- and family-centered care: a time for reflection.

Family-centered care

Family-Centered Care (FCC) is a way to provide health care that recognizes the importance of family for a hospitalized child. According to it, it is essential to involve families in their children’s recovery plan [1]. FCC was born in the Fifties of 20th century as a reaction to the leading idea in Pediatric care that emphasized physical care, technical abilities and emotional detachment and con...

Family-centered care.

SEVERALRECENT REPORTS describe the important role medical homes play in ensuring favorable outcomes for children. Central to the success of a medical home is the practice of family-centered care (FCC). The purpose of this commentary is to describe the evolution of FCC, provide an updated definition of FCC, and discuss implications for practice, programs, and policy. The development of the FCC d...