Do patients understand written health information?

Nurs Outlook

School of Nursing, Mankato State University, Minnesota.

Published: December 1990

Long sentences, medical terms and small print make hospital information brochures and consent forms difficult for many patients to understand. There are, however, things nurses can do to make written information for patients more accessible.

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