Editorial : on being relationship-centred
Date
2019-10-28
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South African Academy of Family Physicians
Abstract
In my previous editorial,1
I
mentioned the key ethos of
our discipline, relationshipcentredness, which is a natural
extension of our aspiration of
focusing on the person behind
the illness, by practising personcentred care within the context
of the extended healthcare
team.2
This aspiration is shared
around the globe in the wider
family medicine (FM) community. The different interpretations
around the globe of what is meant by “general practice” and
“family medicine” were discussed in one of the Besrour Centre’s
papers, which grappled with the challenge of finding a global
definition of FM.3
The authors concluded that, universally, the
discipline remained responsive to local health needs, despite
being practised in various forms across the globe. To remain
locally relevant, the discipline and its practitioners’ unifying role
(and identity) should remain grounded in relationships of care
(with patients, colleagues and the community).
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CITATION: von Pressentin, K. 2019. On being relationship-centred. South African Family Practice, 61(4):3-4. doi:10.4102/safp.v61i4.4959
The original publication is available at https://safpj.co.za/index.php/safpj
The original publication is available at https://safpj.co.za/index.php/safpj
Keywords
Patient-centered health care, Physician and patient
Citation
von Pressentin, K. 2019. On being relationship-centred. South African Family Practice, 61(4):3-4. doi:10.4102/safp.v61i4.4959.