| Abstract: |
Collaborative treatment planning refers to the practice of preference-based medicine and describes how the clinician-or interdisciplinary team of clinicians-works with the patient and/or family to achieve a shared treatment decision, and then documents the decision so that it can be implemented and the outcomes measured. The values of person-centered care are often endorsed by many clinicians as they resonate with personal beliefs about how consistently to achieve humanistic, empathic and efficacious responses to illness and suffering. However, the practical steps of translating those values and principles into everyday practice can be elusive. This chapter discusses how the application of conceptual models, such as the Person-Centered Integrative Diagnosis through the creation of narrative formulations, can significantly contribute to ensuring that care is, in fact, person-centered. Synthesizing the data collected in assessment into insight and understanding that can help to establish shared understanding and common ground, is essential. Frameworks for clinician-patient communication such as Choice/Options/Decision Talk may be helpful here. Translating that understanding into effective, individualized and culturally sensitive/informed treatment plans is at the heart of person-centered care. © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023. All rights reserved. |
