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Patient-Centered Care  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Design of patient care wherein institutional resources and personnel are organized around patients rather than around specialized departments. (From Hospitals 1993 Feb 5;67(3):14) Ongoing integrated provision of care and services focused on the needs of the individual including preventive, ambulatory, and acute hospital-based.

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Entry terms

  • Person-Centered Care

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-JMVPQLJQ-2

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