The Engaged Patient: The Relevance of Patient-Physician Communication for Twenty-First-Century Health.

摘要: The patient-doctor interaction has changed profoundly in the past decades. In reaction to paternalistic communication patterns, health policy makers have advocated for patient-centered care and shared decision-making. Although these models of medical remain still aspirational, patients become more engaged advocating their own encounters with physicians. I argue that patient is a accurate conceptualization changing role than consumerism, empowered, or expert patient. examine how emergence influences autonomy professionals, relates rise internet as an alternative source information, centers public epidemics, contributes inequities.