Doctors' orders lost in translation

Thursday, July 17, 2008 - 12:21 in Health & Medicine

When patients are discharged from the emergency department, their recovery depends on carefully following the doctors' instructions for their post care at home. Yet a vast majority of patients don't fully understand what they are supposed to do, and most are not even aware of the chasm in their understanding.

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