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[Information, education and assistance to the patient]
1Service de Médecine Interne A, Hôpital Lariboisière, Paris.
Bulletin De L'Academie Nationale De Medecine
|January 23, 1999
Abstract:
Information, Training and Assistance to patients are an ethical requirement for the prescriber as well as a necessary support to setting up the treatment best suitable to meet optimal efficacy expectations. Several phases with regard to providing information to patients can be considered: good knowledge of the patient, providing the patient with information regarding his or her disease, treatment, the overall medical assistance. Limits, hindrance and possible risks for the patient in providing medical information, are highlighted.