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Patient as Agent of Health and Health Care: Autonomy in Patient-Centered Care for Chronic Conditions
Mark Sullivan Md Phd
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Description for Patient as Agent of Health and Health Care: Autonomy in Patient-Centered Care for Chronic Conditions
hardcover. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: MBDC; MBDP; MJAD; MMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 167 x 39. Weight in Grams: 744.
Patient-centered care for chronic illness is founded upon the informed and activated patient, but we are not clear what this means. We must understand patients as subjects who know things and as agents who do things. Bioethics has urged us to respect patient autonomy, but it has understood this autonomy narrowly in terms of informed consent for treatment choice. In chronic illness care, the ethical and clinical challenge is to not just respect, but to promote patient autonomy, understood broadly as the patients' overall agency or capacity for action. The primary barrier to patient action in chronic illness is not ... Read more
Patient-centered care for chronic illness is founded upon the informed and activated patient, but we are not clear what this means. We must understand patients as subjects who know things and as agents who do things. Bioethics has urged us to respect patient autonomy, but it has understood this autonomy narrowly in terms of informed consent for treatment choice. In chronic illness care, the ethical and clinical challenge is to not just respect, but to promote patient autonomy, understood broadly as the patients' overall agency or capacity for action. The primary barrier to patient action in chronic illness is not ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PR United States
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
Number of Pages
456
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195386585
SKU
V9780195386585
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About Mark Sullivan Md Phd
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Adjunct Professor of Medical History and Ethics, University of Washington
Reviews for Patient as Agent of Health and Health Care: Autonomy in Patient-Centered Care for Chronic Conditions
I [...] found the patient case studies presented throughout the book to be a fabulous way to introduce actual people, with actual, and indeed common concerns, and very human behaviors. These people were excellent at personifying difficult concepts and patient care challenges. [...] The book provides a truly holistic approach and a thorough provision of information on a variety of ... Read more