Background Implementation and uptake of novel and cost-effective medicines can improve
patient health outcomes and healthcare efficiency. However, the uptake of new medicines …

Since its foundation in 2010, the annual philosophy thematic edition of this journal has been
a forum for authors from a wide range of disciplines and backgrounds, enabling contributors …

Background Shared decision making (SDM) is a process where the patient and the health
professional collaborate to make decisions based on both the patient's preferences and the …

Objective To inform local, state and national strategies intended to reduce demand for ED
care, the present study aimed to identify key factors influencing the current provision of acute …

The ideas and terminology of person-centred care have been part of health discourse for a
very long time. Arguments that in healthcare one treats the whole person, not her/his …

Grounded in ideas about sense‐making and whole‐person care with a long intellectual
heritage, the movement for Philosophical Health—with its specific conceptions of …

Objective This study arose from a praxial problem: how best to communicate with patients
about the mechanism of cranial osteopathy. The research question was rooted in the …

Innovative ways of working are emerging in health care to meet the complex needs of
people living with multiple long-term conditions. While these initiatives are often measured …

Medically trained health professionals have been central to the development of policy
responses to the coronavirus 2019 (COVID‐19) crisis. In their multiple roles—as clinicians …

Shared decision-making (SDM) represents an opportunity to increase patient involvement in
their healthcare. Limited research exists on the factors impacting women's reproductive …