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Healthcare personalism and the nature of the person. How can personalist thought advance the conceptual basis of person-centered medicine?

James Marcum

Abstract


Healthcare personalism is a multifaceted approach to modern healthcare and its delivery, which champions the criticality of the person with respect to medical knowledge and clinical practice. As such, it is predicated on the philosophical movement of personalism in which the person per se plays a crucial role in analyzing the nature and function of individuals and their social institutions. In this paper, philosophical personalism and especially Christian Smith’s explication of personhood are examined initially, along with a discussion of human dignity. Then, the nature of the person is analyzed in terms of its ontological, epistemological, and ethical dimensions to provide a philosophical framework for healthcare personalism. The paper concludes with a discussion of how healthcare personalism advances conceptually person-centered medicine, especially in terms of supporting the dignity of each person participating in the clinical encounter.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5750/ejpch.v4i2.1119

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