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Adult nursing
Effective patient–provider relationship can be achieved through a patient-centred approach adopted by the healthcare providers from the start
  1. Tasmira Mohib1,
  2. Tanvir C Turin1,2
  1. 1Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  2. 2Department of Family Medicine, University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  1. Correspondence to Dr Tanvir C Turin, Department of Family Medicine, University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 4N, Canada; turin.chowdhury{at}ucalgary.ca

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebnurs-2023-103903

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    Commentary on: Feo R, Young JA, Urry K, Lawless M, Hunter SC, Kitson A, Conroy T. ‘I wasn’t made to feel like a nut case after all’: A qualitative story completion study exploring healthcare recipient and carer perceptions of good professional caregiving relationships. Health Expect. 2023 Oct 19;27(1):e13871. doi: 10.1111/hex.13871. Epub ahead of print.

    Implications for practice and research

    • Healthcare providers can foster effective patient–provider relationships by addressing concerns early on and adopting key behaviours, such as showing interest in understanding the patient’s issues, validating their concerns and respecting their choices.

    • Future research should focus on identifying strategies to help healthcare providers develop effective patient–provider relationships. This requires a thorough understanding of these relationships from the perspectives of all involved parties, including healthcare providers, patients and their informal caregivers.

    Context

    The patient–provider relationship is at the core of effective disease management.1 An effective patient–provider relationship improves the compliance of the patients by developing a safe environment, …

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    Footnotes

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Commissioned; internally peer reviewed.