A Study on the Level of Knowledge of Health Matters among Patients in a Rural Practice
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How much do patients know about everyday matters that can affect their health? A study of 200 patients attending a rural G.P. surgery was undertaken to find out. It revealed some ignorance about the link between smoking and heart disease especially among female smokers (22% for this group). It showed a great deal of ignorance about alcohol in relation to health. Patients had a poor understanding of the relative alcohol content of different beverages, diseases related to excessive drinking and safe limits of alcohol consumption.
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دوره 104 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1989