Striking a balance: The critical importance of sense-making and values-congruent partnerships between general practitioners and patients following stroke
Methods: One hundred twenty-six participants were involved in five in-depth interviews over an 18-month period after discharge from an acute care setting. Data were thematically analyzed by two independent researchers.
Results: Three themes comprehensively accounted for the expectations participants had about their interactions with general practitioners. They were (1) the critical sense-making role of general practitioners, (2) the requirement for collaborative partnerships in which personhood was validated, and (3) the importance of confirming self-management actions.
Conclusion: To comprehensively assist people to adjust to living with the residual consequences of a recent stroke, general practitioners need to engage in collaborative, person-centered interactions.
Keywords: Person-centered care; cerebrovascular; general practice; partnership; recovery; self-management
Document Type: Research Article
Publication date: 01 December 2015
This article was made available online on 14 October 2015 as a Fast Track article with title: "Striking a balance: the critical importance of sense-making and values- congruent partnerships between GPs and patients following stroke".
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