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Download full textCaffarella, Rosemary S. – 1980
Patient education is recognized by health care providers and patients themselves as an important component of adequate health care for hospital patients. Through this informational process, patients receive information about specific health problems, learn the necessary competencies to deal with them, and develop accepting attitudes toward the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Health Education, Hospitals, Informal Education
