Over the past decade, two major movements have emerged in medicine, both intended to improve patient care. The medical humanism movement seeks to understand the patient as a person, focusing on individual values, goals, and preferences with respect to clinical decisions. The second movement is evidence-based practice, which aims to put medicine on a firm scientific footing; experts evaluate the best available data and develop clinical guidelines designed to standardize procedures and therapies. These two movements will now play out in the context of national health care reform, the goals of which are universal coverage and cost containment. Until now, . . .
No takes yet. Share an insight, caveat, or question.
Hartzband et al. (2009) studied this question.