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News: Research Article
Posted: Wednesday 26 August 2009
The accuracy of patients' and the general public's anatomical knowledge
Professor John Weinman, Professsor of Psychology as Applied to Medicine at the Institute of Psychiatry in the King's College, London and colleagues have recently published a paper entitled: How accurate is patients' anatomical knowledge: a cross-sectional, questionnaire study of six patient groups and a general public sample. The authors conclude that...'Many patients and general public do not know the location of key body organs, even those in which their medical problem is located, which could have important consequences for doctor-patient communication...'
Published 12th June 2009.
BMC Family Practice 2009,10:43.
The paper is attached in full.
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