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- Title
A caring partnership: expectations of ageing persons with disabilities for their primary care doctors.
- Authors
Shapiro, Johanna; Mosqueda, Laura; Botros, Danny
- Abstract
<bold>Background: </bold>The population of individuals who are ageing with a disability is growing rapidly, yet we know little about their views of their primary care and family physicians.<bold>Method: </bold>In this qualitative study using a modified form of life history interviewing, 30 older respondents with a variety of disabilities discussed their past and current relationships with physicians.<bold>Results: </bold>Data analysis identified as the primary theme of these interviews the importance of establishing a caring partnership between patient and physician. Important subthemes included physician avoidance of assumptions and stereotypes about persons with disabilities, physician commitment to patient well-being balanced by a capacity for keeping the disability in perspective, and the relationship between the need for physician specialized knowledge and the necessity of acknowledging patient expertise. Certain patient characteristics such as self-reliance and assertiveness also emerged as significant influences.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>A partnership with primary care/family physicians that communicates concern while avoiding stereotyping and recognizing patient expertise is important for many patients ageing with a disability.
- Subjects
PSYCHOLOGICAL aspects of aging; COMMUNICATION; COMPARATIVE studies; EMPATHY; FAMILY medicine; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL cooperation; PATIENT satisfaction; PSYCHOLOGY of People with disabilities; PHYSICIAN-patient relations; RESEARCH; EVALUATION research
- Publication
Family Practice, 2003, Vol 20, Issue 6, p635
- ISSN
0263-2136
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1093/fampra/cmg603