The Process Of Patient Education

Download or read book Patient Education in Rehabilitation written by Olga Dreeben-Irimia and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2010-10-22 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Patient education is an important aspect of the rehabilitation process. As a science, it consists of the health care professional's development of patient education skills. Delivering information, education, and training in rehabilitation is intended to promote and optimize clinical interventions including compliance, continuity of care, and patient satisfaction. This text applies patient education skills to the clinical rehabilitation process. In a reader-friendly manner, it explores various teaching and learning theories, models of instruction, as well as communication, ethical, legal and cu