The Importance of Cooperation in Healthcare

The text discusses the importance of cooperation between professionals and committed lay people in the field of healthcare. It argues that medical and care services cannot, by themselves, heal sick people, and that the involvement of committed lay people is essential for a successful recovery.

Here are some of the key points from the text:

• The guiding principles of the development of healthcare in Germany are the provision of comprehensive care and a service to which the patient is entitled, which meets their needs and is of a reliable quality.
• The complementary resources that the professional system relies on include the readiness of professionals to meet the needs of the patients/clients in a personal and flexible manner and, in part, without remuneration. It also includes the manifold initiatives at local level in which committed people identify care gaps.
• Cooperation between professionals and committed lay people is important in the field of healthcare because medical and care services cannot, by themselves, heal sick people. The involvement of committed lay people is essential for a successful recovery.

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