The perspective of the person in healthcare: Listening to and engaging persons in healthcare

The present issue of Patient Education and Counseling is a Special Issue with selected papers from the International Conference on Communication in Healthcare arranged by EACH – International Association for Communication in Healthcare in Heidelberg, Germany, September 7-10, 2016. An overarching theme of many of the papers is the importance of taking the perspective of the person in healthcare, not only treating bodies and diseases. We should learn to better address uni que people, situations, and challenges and observe the key relevance of considering patients, learners, and health situations, in particular complex situations, as unique entities.
Source: Patient Education and Counseling - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Tags: From the Editor Source Type: research