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Keywords:

patient-centeredness [1]
patient-centred care [4]
clinical reasoning [85]
osteopathic manipulative treatment [3946]
OMT [3925]
evidence-based practise [2]
article [2634]

Abstract:

The widespread use of the biopsychosocial model amongst various health professions, all of which claim to take a patient-centred approach to their practise, challenges what has been considered a unique and defining feature of osteopathy. This paper discusses the complexity of what is meant by patient-centeredness, and how it is practised and researched by other health professions. The assumption that osteopathy has always taken a patient-centred approach is questioned, and directions for further research are highlighted so that the profession can have a comprehensive working knowledge of its practise, thereby helping to define itself within the broad and competitive healthcare environment.