Through the Patient's Eyes
Subtitle: Understanding and Promoting Patient-Centered Care (Jossey Bass/Aha Press Series)
Contributors: Margaret Gerteis (Editor); Jennifer Daley (Contributor); Commonwealth Program for Patient-Centered Care (Corporate Author)
Edition: 1st ed edition
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: January 15, 1993
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 317
ISBN-13: 9781555425449
Subjects: Health systems & services; Physician & Patient; Health/Fitness; Health Care Planning; Physician-Patient Interaction; Medical / Nursing; Patient Satisfaction; Patient Care Planning; Hospital Administration; Health Care Delivery; Physician and patient; Professional-Patient Relations
First sentence: Some years ago, when officials in Massachusetts tried to close a small and foundering community hospital in the north-central part of the state, busloads of loyal patients and angry citizens descended on the State House in protest and ultimately fought the effort all the way to the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commowealth.