Care that Fits Blog

Approaching illness through literature

By Sarah B. Johnson, PhD The experience of illness is a very personal and specific one. No one can understand what the body is feeling like its owner can, who knows it better than anyone. Resident in my body, I notice the smallest sensations, like the itchy tag on the back of my shirt. But…

Making care fit in the lives of young adults with type 1 diabetes

Marleen Kunneman, Matthijs Graner, and Viet-Thi Tran Even if care seems right from a medical perspective, if care doesn’t fit for each individual, we may ‘deliver care’ without actually ‘caring’. The recently published Making Care Fit Manifesto (1) states that for care to fit, care should be maximally responsive to patients’ unique situation and supportive…

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Heart Health: A Cardiovascular Prevention Choice Tool

Notes on its development Submitted by Sandra Hartasanchez Introduction Cardiovascular disease (CVD) continues to be a leading cause of mortality and disease burden worldwide. There are several approaches to prevent CVD and new ones continue to emerge.[1] The American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guidelines for primary cardiovascular (CV) prevention recommend shared decision making (SDM)…

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