Tuesday, February 9, 2010
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Patients happier when docs discuss treatment side effects: study

(Reuters Health) UPDATED 2009-11-09
Results from a new study suggest that hospital patients who suffer a side effect from treatment are more likely to give high ratings to their care when hospital staff are forthcoming with information about what went wrong with the treatment. Researchers found that patients who suffered such problems as medication reactions of surgical complications were happier when staff were up front with what happened. This was true even if the adverse event was preventable.  Read full story >
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