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Patient education

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Thesaurus entry

Scope note: Educating the patient or the family about the disability or disease, health care issues, and prevention of possible complications

Broader terms

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• Education

Related terms

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• Therapeutic training

Use for

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• Compliance with treatment
• Family involvement
• Health education
• Patient training

Database Information

Prolific authors

The following are the authors with the most articles on Patient education in the CIRRIE database in the past five years (2008-2013).

• Brug J: 5 articles
• Valimaki M: 5 articles
• Golay A: 5 articles
• Skinner TC: 5 articles
• Read S: 4 articles

Top journals

The following are the journals that have published the most articles about Patient education in the CIRRIE database in the past five years (2008-2013).

• Patient Education and Counseling: 157 articles
• Health Education Research: 38 articles
• Health Education Journal: 14 articles
• Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews: 12 articles
• Journal of Medical Internet Research: 10 articles