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Patient education and health literacy
Abstract
Patient education is a relatively new science within the field of health care. In the past it consisted mainly of the transfer of knowledge and mostly biomedically based advice. Research has shown this to not be effective and sometimes counterproductive. As health care has moved away from applying a traditional paternalistic approach of ‘doctor knows best’ to a patient-centred care approach, patient education must be tailored to meet persons'...
Paper Details
Title
Patient education and health literacy
Published Date
Dec 1, 2018
Volume
38
Pages
120 - 127
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