When 'Patient-Centered' is Not Enough: A Call for Community-Centered Medicine
| Autor: | Juliana E. Morris |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Emigrants and Immigrants Health Services Accessibility 03 medical and health sciences Reflections 0302 clinical medicine Patient-Centered Care Humans Medicine Community Health Services 030212 general & internal medicine Social determinants of health Community organizing Medical education Equity (economics) business.industry Public health Undocumented Immigrants Social change Community Participation United States Health equity Community health Family Practice business Patient centered |
| Zdroj: | The Annals of Family Medicine. 17:82-84 |
| ISSN: | 1544-1717 1544-1709 |
| DOI: | 10.1370/afm.2335 |
| Popis: | Before entering medicine, I was inspired by community organizing as a model for driving social change and improving public health. As a clinician, I remain inspired by this approach; however, I find that it has been more challenging to integrate into my day-to-day work than I expected. In this essay, I describe my journey from community organizer to primary care clinician and reflect on the lessons I've learned about the value of community organizing and ways that it can be incorporated into clinical practice. Ultimately, I propose a model for how clinicians and health centers can proactively partner with community organizing groups and facilitate referrals to help patients directly engage in transforming the root causes of their health challenges. This model shifts the focus from the patient as an individual agent of change to the community, and offers important lessons to clinicians interested in community health equity. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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