Person-Centred Primary Care - Searching for the Self

Summary

Primary care, grounded in the provision of continuous comprehensive person-centred care, is vital to the delivery of effective health care. The central notion of person-centred care, however, relies on often-unexamined concepts of self. This book explores contemporary pressures on the sense of self for both patient and health professional

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Dowrick
• Assisted by: Christopher Dowrick (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.11.2017
• EAN: 9781138244184
• ISBN: 978-1-138-24418-4
• No. of pages: 178
• Series: Routledge Advances in the Medical Humanities
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, Philosophy, MEDICAL / Family & General Practice, Personal & public health, Health & personal development, Medical Sociology, Health, Relationships and Personal development, Personal and public health / health education