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Patient-Centered Care for Persons with Multiple Conditions

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In the first part of the following chapter, important principles to consider when caring for patients with multiple conditions will be presented and applied to a patient case. These principles include eliciting patient preferences, incorporating the evidence, estimating prognosis, considering treatment complexity and feasibility, and optimizing and prioritizing a care plan. How these principles help to foster a patient-centered approach to care will be explored. In the second part of the chapter, care models that support patient-centered care for patients with multiple conditions and some tools for shared decision-making and polypharmacy management in this patient population will be reviewed.

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Martinchek, M., Thompson, K. (2020). Patient-Centered Care for Persons with Multiple Conditions. In: Chun, A. (eds) Geriatric Practice. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19625-7_9

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