Going home
Author:
- H J N BethellHBH J N Bethell
Abstract
If general practitioners visit soon after discharge they can do a great deal to help. They can confirm the diagnosis and discuss the nature of the disease. Much of this will have been done in hospital, but the patient may not have understood or remembered all that he or she has been told.5 A booklet in language suitable for the individual patient should help.6 The general practitioner should check that the …Keywords
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