Patient-Centered Medicine: Transforming the Clinical Method

The Patient-Centered Clinical Method has been a core tenet of the practice and teaching of medicine since the first edition published in 1995. This fourth edition continues to define the principles underpinning the patient-centered clinical method using four major components, clarifying its evolution and consequent development.

Moira Stewart, PhD, is a Distinguished University Professor Emeritus at the Centre for Studies in Family Medicine at Western University Canada and the Dr Brian W Gilbert Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Primary Health Care Research (2003-2017). Dr Stewart has published widely on the topic of Patient-centered Care.

Judith Belle Brown, PhD, is a Professor in the Centre for Studies in Family Medicine, the Department of Family Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry at Western University, London, Ontario, Canada. She is the Chair of the Masters in Clinical Science (MClSc) and PhD programs in Family Medicine at Western, both of which are offered via distance education. She is the Co-Chair of TUTOR-PHC an interdisciplinary research training program.

W Wayne Weston, MD, CCFP, FCFP, is Professor Emeritus of Family Medicine at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, Canada. He had a key role in creating the Center for Education Research and Innovation at Western.

Bridget L Ryan, PhD, is an Epidemiologist and Associate Professor at the Centre for Studies in Family Medicine, and the Departments of Family Medicine and Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Western University, London, Ontario, Canada. She is Co-Principal Investigator on a CIHR grant developing primary-care-based digital tools to support family physicians and patients to talk about social isolation and health.

Carol L McWilliam, MScN, EdD, is a retired Professor in the Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, at Western University, London, Canada. She conducts research in the areas of health promotion, health services delivery, and relationship building, with a focus on patient-professional and inter-professional communication.

Ian R McWhinney, OC, MD, FCFP, FRCP, (1926-2012) was Professor Emeritus in the Department of Family Medicine at Western University, Canada. He was born in Burnley, Lancashire and educated at Cambridge University and St. Bartholomew’s Hospital Medical School.