[Patient-centered medicine: a physician's challenge].
The success of the biological and technical driven medicine is eminent. This disease-centered medicine however requires as a supplement and balance patient-centered medicine, which embraces the perspectives, values and preferences of the patient. Patient-centered care is as well important for a better patient-physician communication as for the diagnostic-therapeutic work of the physician.
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Karlheinz
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D003142:Communication; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D010358:Patient Participation; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000941:ethics*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations / Q000941:ethics