Health Sciences

Patient at the Centre: Reorienting Health Care Practice to the 21st Century

Researchers:Professor Vivian Lin and colleagues (Sally Fawkes, Jonathan Ehsani, Dr Sophie Hill, Dr Greg Murphy, Dr Sandra Leggat, Dr Chaojie Liu, Dr Bruce Rumbold, Rebecca Ryan, and Genevieve Howse

Research Partner: World Health Organisation

Summary

WHO has been taking a range of initiatives to ensure health care systems can better respond to patients' needs. Professor Vivian Lin and colleagues (Sally Fawkes, Jonathan Ehsani, Dr Sophie Hill, Dr Greg Murphy, Dr Sandra Leggat, Dr Chaojie Liu, Dr Bruce Rumbold, Rebecca Ryan, and Genevieve Howse) examined the scope of the issue, from the patient, to the various indivdiual, health system, and societal forces that influence the nature and effectiveness of the clinical encounter, to possible strategies for improving current health care practices. They also suggested some possible ways forward for the WHO in championing this direction of work.

Status of the project: Completed

Research Outputs to date:

Patient at the Centre: Reorienting Health Care Practice to the 21st Century

People at the Centre of Health Care (WHO publication based on the report by Professor Vivian Lin, Sally Fawkes & Carolyn Poljski, with research input from Sophie Hill and the Cochrane Review Group)

 

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Areas of Research:International
Staff profile: Professor Vivian Lin