title: How do you give information?
abstract: BEING A PATIENT in the NHS is like being a stranger in a foreign country. It has its own food, language and customs, clans and chiefs. It can be frightening, confusing and alienating for adults, let alone children visiting a hospital or GP's surgery.
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000846:Anniversaries and Special Events; D002648:Child; D054626:Consumer Health Information / Q000592:standards; D013502:General Surgery / Q000458:organization & administration; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D008377:Maps as Topic; D009313:National Health Programs; D061108:Social Media / Q000592:standards; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom; D014480:United Nations