Your Patients Need You to Choose Their Side

The concept of "patient-centered care" can feel both nebulous and obvious: As a clinician treating a patient, are you not by definition providing patient-centered care? There is a key difference, however, between care that focuses on the patient and care that centers each patient as a unique individual in need of a specifically tailored approach.     This month, podcast co-hosts Myles Helfand and Juan Michael Porter II dig into this issue, and discuss how conversations about achieving long-term successful health outcomes for people living with HIV must start with the most basic of tenets: Believe your patients, trust them, and show that you're willing to stand up for their rights to existence and equity.     Read the transcript, which includes links to the many sources we reference this month: https://www.thebodypro.com/article/future-hiv-care-podcast-trust-your-patients     Credits: Our executive producer is Myles Helfand; our project manager is Alina Mogollon-Volk; our audio producers/engineers are Alex Portaluppi and Lucy Mueller; and our series editors are Maria Elena Perez and Juan Michael Porter II. Audio for this episode was edited by Kim Buikema.