Abstract
The main aim of hospital admission is to send the patient home in a better state of health and more able to cope with life. The very high readmission rate has prompted a search for causes of relapse. One of the major factors isolated so far has been the lack of information given to patients prior to discharge, leading to non-compliance or confusion over treatment. Advice on discharge is mainly the duty of the nurse, so we are obviously not doing this as well as we could.
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Flemming, C. (1986). Going Home. In: The Other Side of Medical Care. The ‘New Approaches to Care’ series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-18179-7_8
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