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Communication: the royal pathway to patient-centered medicine.

Bensing, J.M., Verhaak, P.F.M., Dulmen, A.M. van, Visser, A.P. Communication: the royal pathway to patient-centered medicine. Patient Education and Counseling: 2000, 39(1), p. 1-3.
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The papers in this special issue on communication in health care can be summarized in one easy and powerful message: communication is the royal pathway to patient-centerd medicine. Approached from differen angles, the linkage between communication and patient-centered medicine is the common theme that is covered by all authors. Underlying are two distinct assumptions: the first is, that patient-centerd medicine is a relevant aim in health care; the second, that communication is an important tool to achieve that aim. Both assumptions deserve some explorations. (aut. ref.)