Patient education is the process of enabling individuals to make informed decisions about their personal health-related behaviour. It aims to improve health by encouraging compliance with medical treatment regimens and promoting healthy lifestyles [1]. Patients have a right to receive appropriate education, so they can utilize their knowledge to participate in decision-making processes [2]. Professionals in health care have a commitment to provide unbiased and evidence-based information to help educate patients. Virtually every patient encounter should include some element of patient education. The physician who uses a variety of strategies (e.g., verbal messages, printed materials, computerized information) and involves staff in patient education efforts is most likely to be a successful patient educator [3].
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Naldi, L., Sassi, F. (2009). Evaluation of Patient Education. In: Stockfleth, E., Ulrich, C. (eds) Skin Cancer after Organ Transplantation. Cancer Treatment and Research, vol 146. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-78574-5_33
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