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Informing patients : an assessment of the quality of patient information materials

Author:

Entwistle, Vikki, Gilbert, David, King's Fund, and Coulter, Angela

Publication date:

1998

Abstract:

Patients need easy-to-understand and accurate information in order to make informed choices about their medical treatment, but they are not getting it. In the first study of its kind, this book reviews the quality of leaflets, videos and audio-tapes through the eyes of both patients and clinical specialists. Specific areas ...
Information about health care effectiveness : an introduction for consumer health information providers

Author:

Herring, James E., Entwistle, Vikki, Watt, Ian S., and Development Centre (King's Fund)

Publication date:

1996

Abstract:

This book provides an introduction to the concept of evidence-based health care and considers how consumer health information providers might identify and obtain good quality research-based information about health care effectiveness. It explains why there is so much interest in providing people with information about health care effectiveness and involving ...