The Mission of the Relationship-Centered Care Network of Southwest Michigan is to promote caring relationships within the healthcare community.
____________________________________________________ What is Relationship-Centered Care?
Relationship-Centered Care is at the heart of healing. It is health care that values and centers on the relationships that shape the context of care, including:
healthcare professionals and patients;
persons as they care for themselves and one another;
healthcare professionals and the communities they serve;
healthcare professionals working together across professions;
health professions educators teaching and learning with their students;
healthcare administrators adn managers as they shape the environment and resources for care;
individuals with concerns for healthcare relationshihps; and
See and/or download Health Professions Education and Relationship-Centered Care, the 1994 Report of the Pew-Fetzer Task Force on Advancing Psychosocial Health Education. This is the document that coined the term and created the conceptual framework for Relationship-Centered Care.
