The politics of patient-centred care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite widespread belief in the importance of patient-centred care, it remains difficult to create a system in which all groups work together for the good of the patient. Part of the problem may be that the issue of patient-centred care itself can be used to prosecute intergroup conflict.

Objective

This qualitative study of texts examined the presence and nature of intergroup language within the discourse on patient-centred care.

Methods

A systematic SCOPUS and Google search identified 85 peer-reviewed and grey literature reports that engaged with the concept of patient-centred care. Discourse analysis, informed by the social identity approach, examined how writers defined and portrayed various groups.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Kreindler SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5060841 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature