[How far are our patients educable?].
Only 10-20% of all patients could be made to understand in depths the medical information supplied to them regarding their illness and the therapeutic risks involved. 30-40% of patients did not understand the medical information at all. The resulting consequences of the above facts are discussed and suggestions for improvement of medical information of patients are made.
D003675:Defensive Medicine; D006801:Humans; D010349:Patient Compliance; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations
Wie weit sind unsere Patienten aufklärbar?