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Patient-centred care: It’s about relationships
Thursday, July 14th, 2011
Jul. 13, 2011
The Canadian Medical Association helpfully launched the debate about renewing the Canada Health Accord in 2014 with its Health Care Transformation in Canada policy document, published around this time last year… it recommended a shift in focus from discrete services, such as surgeries, to “patient-centred care.” I agree, with one qualification. It should be patient-relationship-centred care. The willingness to enter and sustain a relationship with the patient is crucial… The key is getting people to take responsibility for their recovery, and that’s hard.
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