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Mark D. Sullivan, MD, PhD

Professor at the University of Washington

Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington

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My latest book where I argue that we must understand patients as subjects and agents who know and do things.

published by oxford university press

The Patient as Agent of Health and Health Care

Patient-centered care for chronic illness is founded upon the informed and activated patient, but we are not clear what this means. We must understand patients as subjects who know things and as agents who do things. Bioethics has urged us to respect patient autonomy, but it has understood this autonomy narrowly in terms of informed consent for treatment choice.

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I strongly recommend this book to health professionals, policymakers, bioethicists, academics, and patients who have an interest in patient education and engagement, shared decision making, alternative models of health care, chronic disease management, and/or end of life care.

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Mark Sullivan, MD, PhD is the author of The Patient as Agent of Health and Health Care. He has also written over 275 peer-reviewed articles, many on the interaction of physical health and mental health in patients with chronic illness.

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