Patient-Focused Care and Human Becoming Thought: Connecting the Right Stuff

Participation and support in intensive care as experienced by close relatives of patients—A phenomenological study

“…Even if patient-centred care has been focussed on in recent decades (Mitchell et al, 2000;Robinson, 1991;Vogel, 1993), a greater emphasis is nevertheless needed on patient-centred care and its meaning. Dahlberg et al (2009) maintain that the conceptual underpinning of patientcentred care has been vague as defined so far in policy documents, which makes the meaning unclear (Dahlberg et al, 2009).…”

“…Therefore, a philosophy of care is needed that emphasises the perspective and the needs of the patient and their families or close ones. Mitchell et al (2000) argue that patient-centred care needs to be viewed from a philosophical perspective and they have described a need to integrate thoughts of human becoming theory with patient-centred care. In line with that, Dahlberg et al (2009) have developed a conceptualisation of 'lifeworld-led care' and indicate that it is more than patientled care.…”

Competencies in Swedish emergency departments – The practitioners’ and managers’ perspective

“…The results are surprising since research in caring sciences has for many years demonstrated the need to ensure occupational competencies from a holistic point of view (Mitchell et al, 2000;Eriksson, 2002;Dahlberg and Segersten, 2010). Managers are responsible for leading and influencing performance in everyday work (Yen-Ju Lin et al, 2011;The National Board of Health and Welfare, 2011b).…”

Using drama to improve person‐centred dementia care

“…We modified an existing curriculum (Mitchell & Bournes, 1998) that had successfully enhanced culture change and the promotion of person‐centred care across various clinical settings and populations (Mitchell et al. , 2000).…”