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Mentoring: Person-centred care

BDJ In Practice volume 34, pages 24–25 (2021)Cite this article

In their third and final article of the series, Mabel Saw and Janine Brooks MBE turn their focus to how mentoring can support dental professionals to counter the factors that can lead to dehumanisation, loss of dignity and burnout.

  • Person-centred care is a partnership that should recognise the human needs of those who deliver the care

  • How mentors can help humanise dentists and make them feel valued

  • What happens when care is dehumanised

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  1. Burwell Dental Surgery, Cambridge, UK

    Mabel Saw

  2. Dental Mentors UK, Northampton, UK

    Janine Brooks

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Saw, M., Brooks, J. Mentoring: Person-centred care. BDJ In Pract 34, 24–25 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41404-021-0800-x

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