Abstract
A total of 108 ambulatory patients from the medical and diabetic clinics at the Jersey City Medical Center showed widespread ignorance of their illnesses and treatment. Four of 5 could not name their disease. Only 2 in 10 knew the names of their medications, or that dietary advice was a method of treatment. Cultural, ethnic, and linguistic differences between doctors and patients, and poor patient education, were the major factors in producing this situation.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 493-498 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Journal of the Medical Society of New Jersey |
| Volume | 72 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| State | Published - 1975 |
| Externally published | Yes |