Bringing Patient-Centered Care to Patients With Alcohol Use Disorders

El alcoholismo y su abordaje desde una perspectiva ciudadana

“…People trust their family doctors to take responsibility for the treatment of the disease or refer patients to specialized centers when necessary, and thus believe the primary healthcare system to be the first level of treatment in guaranteeing the health of the citizens. In the case of alcohol, primary healthcare professionals should be ready to identify and treat patients with high-risk or hazardous consumption based on scientific evidence and approach treatment in such a way as to offer patient-centered care (Bradley & Kivlahan, 2014;Smedslund et al, 2011). In less than 10 years (2006)(2007)(2008)(2009)(2010)(2011)(2012)(2013)(2014)(2015) the percentage of Spanish patients remembering that their GP had asked them about their alcohol consumption has risen from 48.9% to 57.8% (Segura Garcia et al, 2006).…”

Rethinking brief interventions for alcohol in general practice

“…The internet now allows extensive exposure to interventions and more needs to be done to integrate person-to-person with online support to address the full of unhealthy drinking, non-medical drug use, other behavioural risk factors, and indeed other issues in the context of patient centred care. 48 We are at an early stage in the development of such evidence.…”

User-involvement/oriented Care Models and Substance Use Disorder Care: Review of the Literature

“…A recent article published by the National Institute of Health, in the Journal of the American Medical Association, outlines the characteristics, which are essential to best clinical practices, and includes person-centred care [44]. Care planning with clients provides an opportunity for applying person-centred care, whereby the client names his/her goal(s).…”