PS2-26: Measuring Patient-Centered Communication in Cancer Care: A Systematic Approach

Patient-centered care with the Patient Rights Charter approach: A qualitative study

  Introduction Patient-centered care is one of the major priorities of the health system to improve patient safety and satisfaction, but in many cases it is not provided in accordance with the Patient Rights Charter. Therefore, the present study aimed to design a patient-centered model of care with the approach of the Charter of Patient Rights in Arbitrary Hospitals of the Ministry of Health o...

Communication About Sexuality in Advanced Illness Aligns With a Palliative Care Approach to Patient-Centered Care.

Treatment-related sexual complications are common in cancer patients although rarely discussed in the palliative care setting. Sexuality is an important survivorship issue and remains relevant even in the terminal setting. There are multiple barriers in dialoguing about intimacy and sexual functioning from the patient and provider perspectives. Palliative care providers, while not expected to b...

Measuring patients' perceptions of patient-centered care: a systematic review of tools for family medicine.

PURPOSE Patient-centered care is widely acknowledged as a core value in family medicine. In this systematic review, we aimed to identify and compare instruments, subscales, or items assessing patients' perceptions of patient-centered care in family medicine. METHODS We conducted a systematic literature review using the MEDLINE, Embase, and Cochrane databases covering 1980 through April 2009, ...

Patient- and Family-Centered Care: A Systematic Approach to Better Ethics and Care.

PFCC (sometimes known as simply “patient-centered care”) emphasizes respect for patient values in individual care decisions as well as the role of patients and families as advisors and essential partners in improving care practices [2]. It is characterized by a two-way partnership, the importance of which is growing with the movement from payment for volume to payment for value. As just one exa...

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