Patient-centered care at Joslin: Reflections of a mirror

Abstract

This personal communication describes the practical aspects of patient-centered care (PCC), as viewed by a person with diabetes, who is also a diabetes educator. He describes his encounters with two leading diabetologists, who practiced the real essence of PCC. The author also explains the impact these patient-centered doctors had on him, and how it has shaped his personal as well as professional life, over the past half century.

India - patient empowerment - patient values - shared decision making - USA

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