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- Title
Providing patient information and education in practice: the role of the health librarian.
- Authors
Truccolo, Ivana
- Abstract
In this article, guest writer Ivana Truccolo presents an overview of her work at the Scientific and Patient Library of a Cancer Comprehensive Centre in Italy coordinating the patient education process. She discusses the historical evolution of the concept of patient education and how this has run alongside the role of the health librarian in the provision of consumer health information. Details are provided about various patient education programmes in place at the Centre. In particular, various activities are discussed including patient education classes, the development of patient education handouts and a narrative medicine programme which includes a literary competition. The article concludes with a specific outline of the role the health librarian can play in the provision of consumer health information and patient education. H.S.
- Subjects
ITALY; CANCER treatment; MEDICAL librarians; PATIENT education; OCCUPATIONAL roles; SPECIALTY hospitals; NARRATIVES
- Publication
Health Information & Libraries Journal, 2016, Vol 33, Issue 2, p161
- ISSN
1471-1834
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/hir.12142