Article: What patients want to know about adverse events.

A reader asked the very pertinent question about what information patients wanted about adverse events of treatment. This is one of those perennial questions for which the answer varies from nothing to everything. A quick search indicated an important paper Bandolier had managed to overlook [1]. It is important because it asked a lot of patients, and because the answer is very clear.

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The population was a convenience sample of adults aged 18 years or older attending outpatients clinics, accompanying family, medical students or non-professional employees. Over two weeks individuals in these categories were approached in outpatients and asked to ...

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