IT'S TIME WE MOVE FROM PATIENT-CENTERED TO PERSON-CENTERED CARE.

The author discusses person-centered care (PCC) that focuses on the person, and not the patient. Topics covered include the patient-centered modality's treatment of the patient's diagnosis based on evidence-based practices, and the person-centered care's multidimensional view of the person in relation to his/her disease, overall health, and environment. Also noted is the dental hygienist's need to consider factors like ethnicity, economics and expressed preferences for a person-centered care.