people-centered care

people n. pl. 1 Will people ever live 200 years?: human beings, humans, mortals, men and women, individuals, human kind, homo sapiens, mankind, humanity. 2 The people of the city want better schools. My people came from Ireland: citizens, citizenry, inhabitants, population, populace; family, ancestors, relatives, kin, kinfolks, Informal folks. 3 A politician must appeal to the people: the public, the common people, the little people, the rank and file, the masses, the multitude, the millions, the man in the street, John Q. Public; commoners, the common run; the lower classes, the lower orders, the working class, the working man, the mob, the rabble, the herd, the crowd, the great unwashed, the hoi polloi.
Ant 3 nobility, aristocracy, gentry, upper classes, blue blood, silk stockings.
Word origin: People comes from Latin pǒpulus, people. (Latin pǒpulus — pronounced with a long o — means “poplar.”)

from – Family Word Finder: Reader’s Digest. The Reader’s Digest Association, 1975.

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-centered suffix [after noun] : giving the most attention to a particular type of person:
people-centred management policies
a user-centred approach to web design

from — –centred. (2025). 

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care n. 1. Handle these fragile glasses with care. Answer all the questions with care:  carefulness, caution, precaution, circumspection, diligence, attention, attentiveness, heed, watchfulness, vigilance, thought; regard, concern, effort, pains, consideration, discrimination, solicitude, conscientiousness, application, fastidiousness, meticulousness, exactness, scrupulousness. 2.  He doesn’t have a care in the world. The mother’s major care was the safety of her children:  concern, worry, responsibility, load, anxiety, strain, stress, pressure; bother, annoyance, nuisance, vexation, tribulation, heartache, distress, trouble, hardship, affliction, sorrow, grief, misery, anguish, sadness, unhappiness. 3. The sick man is still under the doctor’s care: ministration, attention, supervision, charge, keeping, protection. 4. Do you care what happens to the house?: be concerned, be interested in, be worried, mind, regard, bother about, trouble about. 5. The guests didn’t care to have coffee after dinner: want, wish, desire.
Ant. 1 carelessness, neglect, negligence, abandon, recklessness, unconcern, disregard, inattention, thoughtlessness, heedlessness, indifference 2 relaxation; pleasure, delight, happiness 4 disregard, forget about. 5 dislike, hate, detest, abhor, loathe; reject.

from – Family Word Finder: Reader’s Digest. The Reader’s Digest Association, 1975.

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people-centered care

Integrated people-centred care

Approximately half the world’s population lacks access to essential health care. Where health care is accessible, it is often fragmented and of poor quality. For health care to be truly universal, it requires a shift from health systems designed around diseases and health institutions towards health systems designed for people. A renewed focus on service delivery through an integrated and people-centred lens is critical to achieving this, particularly for reaching underserved and marginalized populations to ensure that no one is left behind.

An integrated and people-centred approach is needed for:

• • Equity in access: For everyone, everywhere to access the quality health services they need, when and where they need them.
  • Quality: Safe, effective and timely care that responds to people’s comprehensive needs and are of the highest possible standards.
  • Responsiveness and participation: Care is coordinated around people’s needs, respects their preferences, and allows for people’s participation in health affairs.
  • Efficiency: Ensuring that services are provided in the most cost-effective setting with the right balance between health promotion, prevention, and in- and-out patient care, avoiding duplication and waste of resources.
  • Resilience: Strengthening the capacity of health actors, institutions and populations to prepare for, and effectively respond to, public health crises

from — World Health Organization: WHO. (2020, December 8). Integrated people-centred care – GLOBAL.