title: The Decent Care Movement: Subsidiarity, Pragmatic Solidarity, and Cross-Cultural Resonance.
abstract: Decent Care is the World Health Organization and The Ford Foundation's joint effort to articulate a healthcare paradigm that makes a patient's voice equal to the voice of the healthcare provider. In this article, the six tenants of Decent Care are outlined with particular emphasis on subsidiarity. Liberation theology's preferential option for the poor maxim is presented and compared with other major world religions to demonstrate the cross-cultural focus of "decency." The power of this paradigm is in its emphasis and proclamation of human flourishing in a healthcare setting, generally speaking, and more specifically, human flourishing in the presence of affliction from chronic disease or dying cross-culturally.
authors.affiliation: Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Ave./NA21, Cleveland, OH, 44195, USA. Niforaj@ccf.org.
authors.forename: Joshua D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Niforatos
mesh_terms: D065246:Culturally Competent Care / Q000379:methods*; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009014:Morals; D010358:Patient Participation / Q000379:methods*; D011203:Poverty; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D014944:World Health Organization
keywords: Decent Care; Health care; Pluralism; Pragmatic solidarity; Preferential option for the poor