Taped consultations help patients understand heart surgery

Tuesday, April 20, 2010 - 05:49 in Health & Medicine

Patients who receive an audiotape of their consultation before undergoing heart surgery appear to have more knowledge about their procedures and their health, and also have reduced anxiety and depression, according to a report in the April issue of Archives of Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals...

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