The Values and Value of Patient-Centered Care

Authors: Ronald M. Epstein, Richard L. Street - The Annals of Family Medicine 2011 cited by 1,896

Patient-centered care has now made it to center stage in discussions of quality. Enshrined by the Institute of Medicine’s “quality chasm” report as 1 of 6 key elements of high-quality care,[1][1] health care institutions, health planners, congressional representatives, and hospital public