The Need to Reconstruct “Person-Centeredness” Based on Inherent Tensions
Sheryl Zimmerman, Walter Moczygemba, Philip D Sloane, Sam Fazio, Sam Fazio, Sheryl Zimmerman · 2026
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Care that claims to center the person may rest on unresolved conflicts, argue Sheryl Zimmerman and colleagues in a 2026 special article. Drawing on meetings with 116 participants from varied backgrounds, the authors reconsider what person-centeredness can honestly promise in health and long-term care, including dementia care.
Six tensions anchor their case: public against private interests, efficiency against individual tailoring, surface knowledge against deep knowledge, rule compliance against flexible judgment, safety against freedom, and cost against investment. Because these pulls never disappear, the authors say full person-centeredness stays out of reach and must be negotiated case by case. They urge honest limits, practical negotiation strategies, and measures that test whether care truly supports the goal.
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| CREATOR | Sheryl Zimmerman, Walter Moczygemba, Philip D Sloane, Sam Fazio, Sam Fazio, Sheryl Zimmerman |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 35005 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |