Treating Patients as Persons: A Capabilities Approach to Support Delivery of Person-Centered Care

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 29-39

  Entwistle, Vikki A ^a   Watt, Ian S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

capabilities approach; ethics; patient centered care; person centered care; professional patient relations; quality of care

Indexed keywords

EMPATHY; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN CHARACTERISTIC; HUMAN RELATION; NOMENCLATURE; PATIENT CARE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PERSONHOOD; PROCEDURES; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDS; TRENDS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMPATHY; HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PERSONHOOD; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; VALUE OF LIFE;

EID: 84880588088     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15265161.2013.802060     Document Type: Article

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