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In a world of increasing population and complexity, modern healthcare needs to place the care of individuals at the centre of healthcare interactions if people’s rights are to be supported and protected. This is particularly important for clients with conditions which might particularly disempower them in interpersonal interactions, such as impaired communication, physical impairments, life crises, and mental health concerns.
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Tasker, D., Higgs, J. (2014). Professionalism and Relationships. In: Higgs, J., Croker, A., Tasker, D., Hummell, J., Patton, N. (eds) Health Practice Relationships. Practice, Education, Work and Society. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-788-9_6
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