title: Keeping the person in the centre of nursing.
abstract: This article presents an overview of what it means to be a person and how this is articulated in person-centred approaches to practice. Nursing assessment is used as an example of a person-centred approach to care.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ford
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: McCormack
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006808:Humanism; D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000458:organization & administration; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000523:psychology; D009742:Nursing Theory; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D011209:Power, Psychological