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The Patient-Centered Medicine as the Theoretical Framework for Patient Engagement

The Patient-Centered Medicine as the Theoretical Framework for Patient Engagement
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Author(s): Borghi Lidia (University of Milan, Italy), Galli Federica (University of Milan, Italy)and Vegni Elena Anna Maria (University of Milan, Italy)
Copyright: 2017
Pages: 15
Source title: Health Literacy: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Information Resources Management Association (USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-1928-7.ch020

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Abstract

The present contribution will describe the origin, development and main characteristics of the patient-centered medicine; the literature on patient-centeredness, in particular in the field of chronic disorders, will be discussed and the importance of this approach underlined; arguments about the importance of patient-centered medicine as theoretical frame founding and supporting the concept of patient engagement will be highlighted, considering that only within this medical epistemology the patient's engagement can find a full and complete expression.

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