Reconsidering patient centred care : between autonomy and abandonment

• Main Author: Pilnick, A. (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2022.
• Subjects: Patient-centered health care.; Physician and patient.; Allied health personnel and patient.; Medical, Physician & Patient.; Medical sociology.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781800717459
• DOI: 10.1108/9781800717435
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (216 pages)

In a major contribution to the sociology of medicine, Alison Pilnick shifts the terms of the debate around patient centred care (PCC). PCC is typically framed as a moral imperative, necessary to prevent a return to the outmoded medical paternalism of the past. However, empirical research repeatedly...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Chapter 1. What is patient centred care?
• Chapter 2. Patient centred care in practice
• Chapter 3. On good interactional reasons for 'bad' healthcare practice
• Chapter 4. Rehabilitating medical expertise for the 21st century
• Chapter 5. Moving beyond patient centred care?.