Bringing patient advisors to the bedside: a promising avenue for improving partnership between patients and their care team

• Main Authors: Karine Vigneault (Author), Johanne Higgins (Author), Marie-Pascale Pomey (Author), Josée Arsenault (Author), Valérie Lahaie (Author), Audrey-Maude Mercier (Author), Olivier Fortin (Author), Alain Danino (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The Beryl Institute, 2015-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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This paper presents an innovative model of care, which brings patients who have already been through a similar experience of illness (<em>patient advisors</em>) directly to the bedside of patients, where they are viewed as full-fledged members of the clinical team. As part of a pilot pro...