The values and value of patient-centered care

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 100-103

  Epstein, Ronald M ^a   Street Jr , Richard L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Baylor University   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Measurement; Patient centered care; Provider patient relations; Standardized patients

Indexed keywords

DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; METHODOLOGY; MORALITY; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; MORALS; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 79952779358     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.1239     Document Type: Editorial

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