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July 26, 2005
Patients learn more facts from videos but need contact with doctor to soothe their anxiety

From EurekAlert! - Breaking News:

Researchers have found that showing patients an educational video about their condition teaches them the facts about their disease even better than when their doctor tells them about the condition.But the power of videotaped information also has its limits. The same study, by researchers at the University of Michigan Health System, also found that anxiety and stress are reduced much more among patients after they have visited with their doctors than after viewing the information on the educational video. Read more from this post.
Posted on July 26, 2005 12:18 AM



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