Patient or diagnosis-focused care — room and need for improvement

Think of which expression you use: ‘cirrhotic patient’ or ‘a patient with cirrhosis’. Nurses will pick ‘a patient with cirrhosis’ because their training enables an intuitive understanding of the patient as a person — more emphasis on the person is needed.

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Published in:	Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology Vol. 18; no. 11; p. 745
Main Author:	Bager, Palle
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London Nature Publishing Group UK 01-11-2021 Nature Publishing Group
Subjects:	692/4020/4021 692/700/1719 692/700/784 Biomedicine Cirrhosis Clinical Nursing Research Educational aspects Ethical aspects Gastroenterology Hepatology Humans Liver cirrhosis Medicine Medicine & Public Health Nurse and patient Nurse Clinicians Nursing Nursing care Patient Care Team Patient-Centered Care Social aspects Terminology as Topic World View Denmark
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Summary:	Think of which expression you use: ‘cirrhotic patient’ or ‘a patient with cirrhosis’. Nurses will pick ‘a patient with cirrhosis’ because their training enables an intuitive understanding of the patient as a person — more emphasis on the person is needed.
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ISSN:	1759-5045 1759-5053
DOI:	10.1038/s41575-021-00525-2