Part II. Challenges in educating patients

Disease-a-Month

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 798-810

  Vanderberg Dent, Susan ^a,b  

^a RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Program Director Rush Illinois Masonic Family Practice Residency Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEARNING; PATIENT EDUCATION; READING; REVIEW;

EID: 0034517131     PISSN: 00115029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0011-5029(00)90020-8     Document Type: Article

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