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patient education; patient-clinician communication
Providing the patient with an explanation of disease processes, medical treatment, & prognosis, including perioperative procedures, expected postoperative sensations, possible adverse drug effects & instruction to help decrease mobility-related discomfort.
Clinical significance:
- most patients have difficulty understanding the benefits vs harms of procedures
- patients understand clinical data best when it is expressed in percentages [1]
Related
counseling
family education
patient
Specific
discussing poor prognosis
handling inappropriate requests
medical talk show
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patient education, venous stasis
General
clinical process
References
- Woloshin S and Schwartz LM.
Communicating data about the benefits and harms of treatment:
A randomized trial.
Ann Intern Med 2011 Jul 19; 155:87.
PMID: 21768582