Patient education

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Patient Education

Patient education (pronunciation: /ˈpeɪʃənt ˌɛdʒʊˈkeɪʃən/) is a process in which health professionals and others impart information to patients and their caregivers that will alter their health behaviors or improve their health status.

Etymology

The term "patient" comes from the Latin word "patiens", the present participle of the deponent verb "pati", meaning "one who suffers". "Education" comes from the Latin "educatio" which means "a breeding, a bringing up, a rearing".

Related Terms

  • Health literacy: The degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions.
  • Healthcare provider: A person or institution that provides medical services.
  • Medical ethics: The system of moral principles that apply values and judgments to the practice of medicine.
  • Health promotion: The process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health.
  • Preventive healthcare: Measures taken for disease prevention.

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