Communication Between Provider and Patient: Values, Biography, and Empowerment in Clinical Practice

• Published in: Ageing and society Vol. 16; no. 6; pp. 747 - 774
• Main Author: Clark, Phillip G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.11.1996
• Subjects: Ageing; Biographies; Biological and medical sciences; Communication; Elderly; Elderly people; Empowerment; Geriatrics; Gerontology; Health care; Interpersonal Communication; Life History; Medical sciences; Miscellaneous; Older people; Patients; Physician patient relationships; Physicians; Practitioner Patient Relationship; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; USA; Values; empowerment; end-of-life decision making; advance directives; values; clinical practice; biography; quality of life; ethics; self-care; Communication; Human; Concept; Ethics; Family story; Methodology; Professional practice; Biography; Physician; Personal identity; Health staff patient relation; Elderly; Quality of life

Communication between elderly people and their health care providers is becoming more important due to the chronic nature of geriatric health problems and their impact on quality of life. At the core of the challenge of improving this dialogue are factors related to essential human values and the cl...