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Why Some Patients Can't Follow Their Doctor's Orders
I found this article in the NY Times yesterday. . A Problem in Following Doctor's Orders Low health is an all too common problem, or in this case, illiteracy. There are hundreds or reasons patients do not follow their physician's orders, few we can do much about, but we can address health iteracy and physician-patient communication. Check out the IOM video on You Tube: …See More
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Why Some Patients Can't Follow Their Doctor's Orders
Posted on July 8, 2011 at 4:48pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
I found this article in the NY Times yesterday. . A Problem in Following Doctor's Orders Low health is an all too common problem, or in this case, illiteracy. There are hundreds or reasons patients do not follow their physician's orders, few we can do much about, but we can address health iteracy and physician-patient communication. Check out the IOM video on You…
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Dialogue4Health said… - Welcome!
- At 1:50pm on October 2, 2009, Joanna Silber said…
- Welcome and thank-you for joining the HP 2020 group. Come back soon-- we will be posting information from today's Web Forum.
- At 1:50pm on October 2, 2009, Star Tiffany said…
- Welcome! Thanks for joining. We look forward to your contributions.
- At 1:23pm on October 2, 2009,
Carol A Younkin said…
- October is Health Literacy Month
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