...This introductory chapter discusses the theme of this volume which is about health informatics and patient-centered approach to the treatment and management of diabetes. This volume examines early efforts to create and adapt technologies to improve diabetes care and discusses opportunities to build...

...Jeffrey Bulger Abstract:The patient–practitioner relationship is a critical component in creating a patient-centered approach that prioritizes the patient’s best interests in accordance with the patient’s reasonable goals, values, and priorities. Autonomy is fundamental to this relationship because...

... communication and relationships and clinical outcomes. Together, these three core aspects provide a new perspective with which to appraise the implications of Placebo Research for healthcare systems, clinicians, patients, and caregivers. New patient-centered approaches, mental health, and pain-related issues...

... design. A biosocial analysis begins with proximity to suffering and an openness to the whole story. From this vantage point—the patient-centered approach—health systems can be built to respond to people’s needs to deliver quality, equity, and value. As alluded to in earlier chapters, despite a high...

... the more expansive concern of health disparities. This chapter defines culture, including its role and influence as a social determinant of health, and discusses the concepts of cultural awareness and cultural competency, which are the foundation of a patient-centered approach to better health outcomes...

...This book introduces a process-based, patient-centered approach to palliative care that substantiates an indication-oriented treatment and radical reconsideration of our transition to death. Drawing on decades of work with terminally ill cancer patients and a trove of research on near-death...

...Oxford University Press Chapter 5 introduces and discusses the dynamic process of applying MI in clinical practice. It involves the patient-centered approach, clinical empathy, collaborative language, and the evocation of goal-directed communication. The elements of this process are illustrated...