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Daniel Allen Freelance journalist

Patients could be better informed, if only they asked

Can you hear me? Good. I thought I should check because poor communication is again in the news, with health professionals accused by the Consumers’ Association of failing to ensure patients are properly informed. So this column is written extra loudly and is available in Braille and eight different languages, including Estuary English and teen-speak, innit.

Nursing Standard. 17, 23, 22-22. doi: 10.7748/ns.17.23.22.s34

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