Rethinking the patient: using Burden of Treatment Theory to understand the changing dynamics of illness

Background In this article we outline Burden of Treatment Theory, a new model of the relationship between sick people, their social networks, and healthcare services. Health services face the challenge of growing populations with long-term and life-limiting conditions, they have responded to this by...

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Main Authors: May, Carl R. (Author), Eton, David T. (Author), Boehmer, Kasey (Author), Gallacher, Katie (Author), Hunt, Katherine (Author), MacDonald, Sara (Author), Mair, Frances S. (Author), May, Christine M. (Author), Montori, Victor (Author), Richardson, Alison (Author), Rogers, Anne E (Author), Shippee, Nathan (Author)
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Language:English
Published: 2014.
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