Doctors' orders lost in translation
Monday, July 21, 2008 - 11:56
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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