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Putting The Patient Back In Patient Care: Health Decision-Making From The Patient’S Perspective, Bill R. Garris, Amy J. Weber
Putting The Patient Back In Patient Care: Health Decision-Making From The Patient’S Perspective, Bill R. Garris, Amy J. Weber
Bill R. Garris
This research explored health decision-making processes among people recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. Our analysis suggested that diagnosis with type 2 was followed by a period of intense emotional and cognitive disequilibrium. Subsequently, the informants were observed to proceed to health decision-making which was affected by three separate and interrelated factors: knowledge, self-efficacy, and purpose. Knowledge included cognitive or factual components and emotional elements. Knowledge influenced the degree of upset or disequilibrium the patient experienced, and affected a second category, agency: the informants’ confidence in their ability to enact lifestyle changes. The third factor, purpose, summarized the personal and …
Metaphors Of Occupation, Rodger E. Broome Phd
Metaphors Of Occupation, Rodger E. Broome Phd
Rodger E. Broome
When we consider a fire career as a journey, we start seeing the training, education, and experiences as landmarks along a path.
"We Don't Need No Education!" Really?, Rodger E. Broome
"We Don't Need No Education!" Really?, Rodger E. Broome
Rodger E. Broome
Why fire service employees, fire departments, and communities benefit from college educated firefighters.