Attitudes of Family Medicine Trainees to Patient-Centerdness

Introduction

Building beneficial partnerships between patients and healthcare providers can improve patients’ experiences and health outcomes, lowering healthcare costs and increasing efficiency.^1,2 Patient-centered care can help in planning, delivering, and evaluating healthcare.^1,2 This approach can be applied to all healthcare workers and all medical specialties.^1,3

Eight elements of patient-centered care were identified, including…