ICPCM EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM ON PERSON-CENTERED CARE: COMMUNICATION, COMMON GROUND, DIAGNOSIS, AND ASSESSMENT

Abstract

This volume includes the second set of papers that comprise the Educational Program on Person-Centered Care of the International College of Person Centered Medicine (ICPCM). Person-centeredness is the foundation of the patient physician relationship, which is itself at the heart of medical practice and health care. This relationship is based on the dialogue between the patient as a person and the physician as a professional person, allowing trust to develop between these two individuals so