[Educating the hypertensive patient].
Patient education deserves to be placed on an equal footing with diagnosis and treatment in the prevention of hypertension. At the University Hospital of Geneva an education programme for hypertensive patients has existed for several years, with the object of improving long-term treatment compliance through better understanding and acceptance of the disease.
D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000628:therapy*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013557:Switzerland
L'enseignement du patient hypertendu.