Patient Education: A Practical Approach

By Kate Lorig

Book Overview

Kate Lorig provides the health profesional with a practical, step-by-step description of the process of conceptualizing, designing, implementing, and evaluating a successful patient education programme. Discussions focus on conducting a needs assessment, developing and evaluating a programme based upon that assessment, generating marketing strategies, and selecting or preparing patient education materials.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 076190073X
• ISBN13: 9780761900733
• Release Date: November 1995
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.0" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

Program development from the ground up.

Are you thinking about creating an education program, with group sessions, for a specific patient population? This book shows you how to involve patients in creation of your program right from the start. And why that's the only way to do it, if you want to do it right.