Alla inlägg om "patient-centered"
Policy News21 March, 2014 by David Finer- From a patient perspective, it is of course encouraging that a usage which has been made an exception for decades now will be accepted, Johanna Hök, pharmacist, PhD and I C researcher comments on the decision by the Swedish Medical Products Agency (MPA) to approve mistletoe preparations for injection. Read more 
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Policy News12 March, 2013 by David FinerIs the health care system patient-centered? Hardly. Because by definition, if it were, the word itself would be superfluous, right? The concept exists because – as everyone who has ever been a patient or a “significant other” knows to their detriment – health care is a world unto itself, where as a patient, you sometimes feel like an uninvited guest. Read more 
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