Health Care from Patients' Perspective

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: Humanities; Social interaction; abuse; active coping; assistance dogs; assistive technology; autism; autism spectrum disorder; balanced scorecard; CFA; chronic disease; chronic illness; co-researchers; community health services; community mobility; community of practice; creative problem-solving; culture; deep brain stimulation; dependency; design thinking; diabetes; diabetes mellitus; diabetes mellitus clients; DIPEx; drawings; emotional support; epistemic injustice; ePROs; error culture; ethics; evaluation; evidence-based design; fall prevention; focus groups; general practitioners; gestational weight gain; health; health apps; health care professionals; health information; health promotion; healthcare; holistic approach; hospital; ICF; interprofessional collaboration; lifestyle intervention; lived experience; maternal health; medical homes; metastatic breast cancer; Mexican; Mexican American; mHealth; mobile health application; modulators; multidisciplinary perspective; multiple case study; multiple sclerosis; narration; Norway; occupational therapy; older adults; Parkinson's disease; participation; participatory health research; participatory research; paternalism; patient autonomy; patient engagement; patient experience; patient experiences; patient navigation; patient perspective; patient reported outcomes; patient-centered care; patients' and family caregivers' narratives; peer support; performance evaluation; personality; personalized medicine; photovoice; physical activity; physical therapy; physician-patient interaction; population survey; post-operative changes; power; power wheelchair; practices; preference; pregnancy; PREMs; prevention; primary healthcare; psychometrics; qualitative analysis; qualitative methods; qualitative research; qualitative research methods; quality; quality of life; reflection; rehabilitation; research relationships; rural community; satisfaction; second-order factor; self-identity; semi-structured; social inequality; social participation; social support; sociodemographic characteristics; source analysis; stroke; subjective health; the Bedouin community; thematic analysis; therapeutic landscapes; trikafta; understanding of roles in research; voices; White American
• Online Access: Open Access: DOAB: description of the publication; Open Access: DOAB, download the publication

 This IJERPH special issue on "Health Care from the Patient's Perspective" focuses on the perspective of patients as experts, on their challenges and experiences with health care, embedded in a biopsychosocial framework. In doing so, the special issue offers contributions across the entire health and disease continuum from health promotion to rehabilitation and to the outpatient setting described from different perspectives on disease-related situations such as Parkinson's disease, stroke, or multiple sclerosis, diabetes mellitus, and others, to methodological highlights, with a focus on qualitative, but also participatory research as well as quantitative approaches. Experiential research forms the core of this issue. They will not only provide insights into complex health care situations and ethical issues, but also highlight patient-centered problems as a possible starting point for health system and/or policy improvement. It will also take an interprofessional perspective on patients' care providers, family members, or caregivers. We received 19 impressive and important contributions to healthcare that we encourage you to read.