The following are two excerpts from the paper:
... major efforts have been launched to make care more patient-centered, defined as “respectful of
and responsive to individual patient preferences, needs, and values, and ensuring that patient values guide all clinical decisions.”
... Ultimately, good medicine is about doing right for the patient. For patients with multiple chronic diseases, severe disability, or limited life expectancy, any accounting of how well we’re succeeding in providing care must above all consider patients’ preferred outcomes.