Scientifically Designed Healthcare Tailored To Patients Needs Saves Lives

Published: May 29, 2010, 5:16 p.m.

b'New ways of delivering healthcare \\u2014 discussed at a conference in London \\u2014 promise to save millions of lives in poor countries. The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine conference entitled; \\u201cDelivering Effective Health Care For All; New Evidence\\u201d held a workshop on the topic of: \\u201cPatient Centred Care\\u201d chaired by Kamran Siddiqi, from Leeds University. He explained to Peter Goodwin how scientifically tailoring care systems to patients\\u2019 needs is more effective \\u2014 and saves more lives \\u2014 than simply building impressive hospitals and health centres and hoping that patients can adapt to them.'