Making the guide
This guide sets out to demonstrate the potentials of person-centred care. It combines an extensive LITERATURE REVIEW, ten case studies from across the world, and interviews with more than forty thought leaders.
This guide is the result of the collaborative efforts of Monday Morning Sustainia and the Healthcare Programme within DNV GL Strategic Research & Innovation. It began with a shared belief that person-centred care is the key to creating a safer, more effective and sustainable healthcare sector, able to provide high quality care that meets the increasing demands and needs of patients today. Person-centred care is attracting attention, not just as an experimental approach but rather as an expected standard of care. But it is still far from being standard practice.
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In this guide, we document, demonstrate and communicate the huge potential of person-centred care, we point out obstacles and we outline the way forward. We hope to provide an incentive for change and innovation, not just by giving a sober account of documented benefits, but also by telling inspiring real-life stories and analysing some of the preconditions that must be met to make person-centred care a reality within varying healthcare sectors across the globe.