Patient education
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Overview
Patient education is the process by which health professionals and others impart information to patients that will alter their health behaviors or improve their health status.[2] Education providers may include: physicians, nurses, psychologists, advocacy groups, special interest groups, and pharmaceutical companies.
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