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TY - JOUR
T1 - Patient choice for older people in English NHS primary care
T2 - theory and practice
AU - Harding, Andrew
AU - Frances, Sanders
AU - Medina Lara, Antonieta
AU - van Teijlingen, Edwin
AU - Wood, Cate
AU - Galpin, Di
AU - Baron, Sue
AU - Crowe, Sam
AU - Sharma, Sheetal
PY - 2014/3/4
Y1 - 2014/3/4
N2 - In the English National Health Service (NHS), patients are now expected to choose the time and place of treatment and even choose the actual treatment. However, the theory on which patient choice is based and the implementation of patient choice are controversial. There is evidence to indicate that attitudes and abilities to make choices are relatively sophisticated and not as straightforward as policy developments suggest. In addition, and surprisingly, there is little research on whether making individual choices about care is regarded as a priority by the largest NHS patient group and the single largest group for most GPs—older people. This conceptual paper examines the theory of patient choice concerning accessing and engaging with healthcare provision and reviews existing evidence on older people and patient choice in primary care.
AB - In the English National Health Service (NHS), patients are now expected to choose the time and place of treatment and even choose the actual treatment. However, the theory on which patient choice is based and the implementation of patient choice are controversial. There is evidence to indicate that attitudes and abilities to make choices are relatively sophisticated and not as straightforward as policy developments suggest. In addition, and surprisingly, there is little research on whether making individual choices about care is regarded as a priority by the largest NHS patient group and the single largest group for most GPs—older people. This conceptual paper examines the theory of patient choice concerning accessing and engaging with healthcare provision and reviews existing evidence on older people and patient choice in primary care.
U2 - 10.1155/2014/742676
DO - 10.1155/2014/742676
M3 - Journal article
VL - 2014
JO - ISRN Family Medicine
JF - ISRN Family Medicine
M1 - 742676
ER -