Abstract Background The Person-centred Practice Inventory-Staff (PCPI-S) instrument was developed to measure healthcare providers’ perception towards their person-centred practice. study aimed explore the influence of culture, context, language and local practice PCPI-S adaptation process for use among public primary care providers in Malaysia. Methods original reviewed adapted cultural suitabi...

AIM This paper is a report of an analysis of the concept of waiting for health care from the client's perspective. BACKGROUND Waiting is commonplace in many areas of health care and has become a topical and politically important issue in the provision of healthcare services. Whilst managers and governments search for solutions to this problem, it is important that this aspect of clients' heal...

What is it, and how can we achieve it? Summary This paper develops a systematic and logically consistent model of holistic healthcare. Holism refers to an approach to health which acknowledges that health depends upon many interrelated components which interact in such a way that the overall effect constitutes health (or illness). The current understanding of illness is, in contrast, linear and...

BACKGROUND A person-centred approach in the context of health services delivery implies a biopsychosocial model focusing on all factors that influence the person's health and functioning. Those wishing to monitor change should consider this perspective when they develop and use guidelines to stimulate active consideration of the person's needs, preferences and participation in goal setting, int...

Background. Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) are fatal, noncurable, but treatable diseases that strongly affect the patients. Objective. To describe patients' experience of information relating to PAH or CTEPH. Methods. A qualitative method using content analysis was applied. Seventeen patients (thirteen women and four men) aged 28-...

The landscape of health services delivery is undergoing significant transformation from fragmented and disease-centred toward integrated people-centred care. Health workers find themselves at the centre this that demands them commensurate changes in skill-set employed day-to-day practice, among other challenges. paper identifies transversal (core) skills are becoming increasingly crucial for al...

BACKGROUND Massive efforts in Canada have been made to renew primary healthcare. However, although early evaluations of initiatives and research on certain aspects of the reform are promising, none have examined the link between patient assessments of care and health outcomes or the impacts at a population level. The goal of this project is to examine the effect of patient-centred and effective...