“…As such, a person-centred approach to care is advocated by the Australian Physiotherapy Association (Australian Physiotherapy Association, 2011). However, many physiotherapists do not communicate using person-centred principles (Emilson et al, 2016;Potter, Gordon, & Hamer, 2003), and often adopt paternalistic approaches to exercise prescription (Holden, Nicholls, Young, Hay, & Foster, 2009). In addition, there is evidence that communication between patients and physiotherapists in private practice is principally "practitioner-centred", where the relationship is controlled by the practitioner's agenda (Hiller, Guillemin, & Delany, 2015).…”