1st Edition
Patient-Centered Prescribing Seeking Concordance in Practice
170 Pages
by
CRC Press
168 Pages
by
CRC Press
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Series Editors: Moira Stewart, Judith Belle Brown and Thomas R Freeman
Half of all prescribed medicines are used in a sub-optimal manner and clinicians struggle to find ways of improving the situation. There is a move towards greater partnership with patients, but concordance (shared decision making between patients and healthcare professionals) is a growing challenge for the profession.
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Understanding the issues. Taking medicines. The burden of the problem. The medical perspective. Understanding medicine taking in context. Understanding medicine taking: models and explanations. The patient-centered prescribing process. Decision-making and the patient's voice: the therapeutic decision model. Finding common ground. Finding common ground in 'special' situations. The therapeutic alliance model. Vignettes of negotiation. Unresolved issues in patient-centered prescribing. Individual. Professional. Societal.
Biography
Jon Dowell, Brian Williams, David Snadden
