Teams) told us, have learned from various health team experiences that the most “I important thing is being able to give to other people. To not just focus on me as the person with the illness but on my relationships with DC told us, was always others.” “I the caregiver in my family but the team helped me to let others help and support me.” BT said, learned that I could be more playful and curious about my health issues. “I When I develop a new symptom I am now more curious and do not feel that I have to accept old definitions, such as a new pain is a bad sign.” Positively Impacting On How Health Team Members Perform Their Health Uniformly, participants in the Health Teams said the experience had a positive impact on how they perform their own health. SF (a Health Team member for three years) said, have formed a health team in my household that supports us to work “We with our doctors in new ways. It helps us to prepare questions when we go for a visit. It helps me to do my health as an ongoing activity, not as just a one-time HP said, effort.” am more inclined to talk about my health issues with my partner and we work as a “I Team member JH am more grounded in my own health issues. They are team.” said, “I not so dramatic and I am less victimized by my health discovered that problems.” MW being on a health team opened up new ways of doing health. He told us, like “Guys don’t to ask for help.” Transforming The Relationship Between Patient And Provider We found that as the teams begin to work as an ensemble and participate in the totality of the health activity, the interface between patient and provider became patient’s a prominent part of the conversations. The following are some comments from Health Team members about how their relationship with providers has changed in this process.
Teams) told us, “I have learned from various health team experiences that the most important thing is being able to give to other people. To not just focus on me as the person with the illness but on my relationships with others.” DC told us, “I was always the caregiver in my family but the team helped me to let others help and support me.” BT said, “I learned that I could be more playful and curious about my health issues. When I develop a new symptom I am now more curious and do not feel that I have to accept old definitions, such as a new pain is a bad sign.” Positively Impacting On How Health Team Members Perform Their Health Uniformly, participants in the Health Teams said the experience had a positive impact on how they perform their own health. SF (a Health Team member for three years) said, “We have formed a health team in my household that supports us to work with our doctors in new ways. It helps us to prepare questions when we go for a visit. It helps me to do my health as an ongoing activity, not as just a one-time effort.” HP said, “I am more inclined to talk about my health issues with my partner and we work as a team.” Team member JH said, “I am more grounded in my own health issues. They are not so dramatic and I am less victimized by my health problems.” MW discovered that being on a health team opened up new ways of doing health. He told us, “Guys don’t like to ask for help.” Transforming The Relationship Between Patient And Provider We found that as the teams begin to work as an ensemble and participate in the totality of the patient’s health activity, the interface between patient and provider became a prominent part of the conversations. The following are some comments from Health Team members about how their relationship with providers has changed in this process.
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