The European Patient Of The Future
Open University Press | June 1, 2003 | ISBN-10: 0335211879 | 306 pages | PDF | 1.2 MB
Health care is changing fast and patients' experiences and expectations are also changing. Developments in information technology and biotechnology are already having a profound influence on the way health services are delivered and the organization of health care is under reform in most countries. Patients no longer see themselves as passive recipients of care: increasingly they expect to be involved in all decisions that affect them.