Seven Guiding Commitments: Making the U.S. Healthcare System More Compassionate

Despite the current focus on patient centeredness, healthcare professionals face numerous challenges that impede their ability to provide compassionate care that ameliorates concerns, distress, or suffering. These include fragmentation and discontinuity of care, technologies that both help and hinde...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Beth A. Lown MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2014-11-01
Series:Journal of Patient Experience
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/237437431400100203