Patient comprehension of emergency department care and instructions: are patients aware of when they do not understand?

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To be able to adhere to discharge instructions after a visit to the emergency department (ED), patients should understand both the care that they received and their discharge instructions. The objective of this study is to assess, at discharge, patients' comprehension of their ED care and instructions and their awareness of deficiencies in their comprehension.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Ann Emerg Med

Title: Annals of emergency medicine

Publisher: Elsevier BV

ISSN (Electronic): 1097-6760

ISSN (Print): 0196-0644

Publication date (Electronic): Apr 2009

Volume: 53

Issue: 4

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[1 ] Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. kirsten.g.engel@gmail.com

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Publisher Item ID: S0196-0644(08)00831-7

DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.05.016

PubMed ID: 18619710

SO-VID: c7e6eb54-e035-4cc9-afef-935ccf84a5d9

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