Showing posts with label empowerment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label empowerment. Show all posts

Friday, 14 February 2014

Remembering to RELIEVE Suffering


‘Relieve’ mnemonic helps one remember the key aspects of a Healing-Oriented Encounter:

            Relationship-centered care, built on …
            Empathy & trust, creates a positive environment where the clinician can …
            Listen to a complicated story that creates …
            Insight into a problem that results in an …
            Explanation that is consistent with the patient’s …
            Values, leading to …
            Empowerment & action toward health.

       Rakel D, Fortney L, Sierpina VS, Kreitzer MJ. Mindfulness in medicine. Explore. 2011;7(2):124-6.


Dalhousie University on a crisp winter morning, February 13, 2014