Effective patient education : a guide to increased adherence / Donna R. Falvo.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Patient adherence as an outcome of effective patient teaching -- Toward a model of patient-centered teaching -- Enhancing patient motivation : increasing adherence -- Individual factors in patient teaching and patient adherence -- Patient teaching through the lifespan : a developmental perspective -- The family, patient-centered teaching, and patient adherence -- Cultural issues in patient teaching and patient adherence -- Communicating effectively in patient teaching : enhancing patient adherence -- Building patient partnerships : facilitating patient participation in patient-centered teaching -- Health literacy in patient education and patient adherence -- Patient teaching and complementary and alternative medicine -- Patient teaching and patient adherence issues for older adults -- Patient teaching about end-of-life issues -- Ethical issues in patient teaching and patient adherence -- Informed consent -- Instructional aids in patient teaching : used or abused -- Research and evaluation in patient teaching and patient adherence -- Building an effective patient education team : promoting patient-centered patient teaching.

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