Getting airtime: Exploring how patients shape the stories they tell health practitioners.

Wilma J Koopman Kori A LaDonnaElizabeth Anne KinsellaShannon L VenanceChristopher J Watling

Published in: Medical education (2021)

The work patients engage in for health encounters is noteworthy yet often invisible. And work that is unseen may also be undervalued. Acknowledging, illuminating and valuing patients' preparatory work for health encounters add to how we understand patient-centred care, and this offers new targets for us to effectively teach and deliver it.

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