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Patient‐centred care: barriers and opportunities in the dental surgery
Author(s) -
Asimakopoulou Koula,
Gupta Adyya,
Scambler Sasha
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
community dentistry and oral epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.061
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1600-0528
pISSN - 0301-5661
DOI - 10.1111/cdoe.12120
Subject(s) - medicine , qualitative research , compliance (psychology) , dental practice , work (physics) , clinical practice , patient care , face (sociological concept) , dentistry , nursing , medical education , psychology , social psychology , social science , mechanical engineering , sociology , engineering
Objectives This paper explores the practice of patient‐centred care ( PCC ) within dentistry. The aim of this research was to explore the barriers and opportunities dentists face in practicing PCC . Methods The results of N = 20 thematically analysed, in‐depth semi‐structured qualitative interviews with a range of dentists working across clinical and teaching positions within a large UK dental school are presented. Results PCC was generally considered a positive, to be embraced concept which dentists believe they practice daily in the absence of any formal training. PCC presented dentists with opportunities to deliver treatment to highly compliant patients. The main barriers revolved around patients (e.g. disengaged or overly inquisitive) and practice factors (e.g. time and funding). Conclusions PCC is a concept that is generally seen as important in the dental surgery, presenting dentists with opportunities for compliance‐enhanced practice. Significant work is needed if dentists are going to be supported in overcoming self‐identified barriers to their delivery of PCC as per UK General Dental Council guidelines.