Person-centered internal medicine

Calderón-Viacava J.L.; Vildózola H. · Person Centered Medicine (2023) · DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-17650-0_20

Resumen

Internal Medicine has a special place in medical care as a broad specialty that involves prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of internal diseases and a wide range of pathologies as well as efforts on health promotion. As such it is paradigmatic for person-centered medical care as person-centeredness may be seen both as a principle and a fundamental strategy in medicine. The components of Person-centered Internal Medicine as presented in this chapter includes the following: Conceptual foundations of health care, the comprehensive clinical approach, clinical judgment, ethical approach and clinical professional competencies. Generic and specific cinical competencies are essential for healthcare within the framework of primary health care. Practicing Person-centered Internal Medicine committed to quality of care, patient safety and achieving an optimal experience satisfactory for the patient and family are reviewed. Person centered internal medicine is based on effective communication, active empathy and shared decision-making, as well as informed by evidence, experiencer and values. The manuscript also reviews factors pertinent to the implementation of the person-centered approach in internal medicine, and offers a proposal for the strengthening of the practice, education and research of clinical care and public health centered on persons. © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023. All rights reserved.

Instituciones: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia; Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos