Carl R. Rogers's scientific contributions

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... Person-centred care has been implemented in various healthcare settings (Ebrahimi et al., 2021), but prior to the development of the aforementioned intervention, there was no intervention focusing on person-centred communication in home care. The theoretical foundation of the ACTION program was grounded in Carl Rogers's (1989Rogers's ( /1995 theory of person-centredness, which describes a caring approach that includes acceptance, caring, empathy and sensitivity in human interactions. This is in line with McCormack and McCance's (2006) description of person-centred processes in the delivery of care as 'working with the patient's beliefs and values, engagement, having sympathetic presence, sharing decision-making and providing for physical needs ' (p. ...