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Taking a patient’s history – lessons from the qualitative interview

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I just finished reading “Qualitative Interview Questions: Guidance for Novice Researchers” by Dr. Roseanne Roberts.1 While I was reading through the guide, it occurred to me that the qualitative interview is very similar to the patient interview in the first clinical encounter.  In essence, clinicians become qualitative researchers every time we listen to our patients’ […]

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What does it mean to treat our Patient as a Person?

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The patient-as-person is one of the 6 domains of person-centered care (PCC) determined by Lanberg et al in their 2019 systematic review. However, what exactly does the “patient-as-person” mean? What does it mean to treat a patient as a person? To answer this question, I think we need to get a bit philosophical, so please bear with me! The discussion of this domain will be a 2-part blog. In this first part, I will explore 2 theoretical approaches that can help us to understand what it means to treat the patient-as-person.

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