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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Patient Educ Couns. 2008 Aug 28;73(3):418–425. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2008.07.032

Table 1.

The five dimensions of patient-centered care [7,8]

The biopsychosocial perspective
Understanding the patient as a person in his or her own right
Sharing power and responsibility between doctor and patient
Building a therapeutic alliance (relationship)
Understanding the doctor as a person, not merely a skilled technician