Medical and educational malpractice issues in patient education.
This paper discusses the concept of educational malpractice as a cause of prolonged patient morbidity equal in magnitude to medical malpractice. Statements by national groups sanctioning and urging increased patient education efforts are reviewed. An example of specially designed problem-oriented patient education materials development, the concept of an "Educational Prescription," the place for the "Educational Prescription" in problem-oriented medical records, and the value of hospital-based patient education as a cost-containment activity.
D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D007603:Jurisprudence; D008318:Malpractice; D008501:Medical Records, Problem-Oriented; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011340:Problem Solving; D013664:Teaching Materials; D014481:United States