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ArticleRMD open2017

Patient-physician collaboration in rheumatology: a necessity.

Elena Nikiphorou, Alessia Alunno, Loreto Carmona, Marios Kouloumas, Johannes Bijlsma, Maurizio Cutolo

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Article in RMD open, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Elena NikiphorouAcademic Rheumatology Department, King's College London, London, UK.
Alessia AlunnoDepartment of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, University of Perugia, Italy.
Loreto CarmonaInstituto de Salud Musculoesqueletica, Madrid, Spain.
Marios KouloumasCyprus League Against Rheumatism, Aglantzia, Cyprus.
Johannes BijlsmaDepartment of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Maurizio CutoloDivision of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Over the past few decades, there has been significant and impressive progress in the understanding and management of rheumatic diseases. One of the key reasons for succeeding in making this progress has been the increasingly stronger partnership between physicians and patients, setting a milestone in patient care. In this viewpoint, we discuss the recent evolution of the physician-patient relationship over time in Europe, reflecting on the 'journey' from behind the clinic walls through to clinical and research collaborations at national and international level and the birth of healthcare professional and 'rheumatic' patient organisations. The role of expert patients and patient advocates in clinical and scientific committees now represents a core part of the decision-making process. In more recent years and following the recognition that the young patients, physicians and academics have a voice and needs of their own, including the need to be educated and instructed, has encouraged the establishment of youth organisations, enabling change and innovation to take place at a uniquely different level.

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EULARhealthcare professionalspatient advocacyphysician-patient communicationrheumatic musculoskeletal diseasesrheumatic patients

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PMID29152329
PMCPMC5686831

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