title: Good practice for keeping stroke patients and carers informed.
abstract: Stroke patients and their carers can have many questions about the mental and physical effects of the condition, hospital procedures and treatments, and prospects for the future. This paper discusses issues involved in giving information to patients--some of whom may be experiencing serious communication problems--as well as those looking after them, and offers solutions.
authors.affiliation: Stroke Rehabilitation Ward, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham.
authors.forename: Geraldine
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Edwards
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking; D017028:Caregivers / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology; D003144:Communication Barriers; D003219:Confidentiality; D004282:Documentation / Q000592:standards; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D007255:Information Services; D010351:Patient Discharge; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D011209:Power, Psychological; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011379:Prognosis; D012307:Risk Factors; D020521:Stroke / Q000451:nursing*