Essentials of Patient Education
Susan B. Bastable, EdD, RN
Professor Emerita and Founding Chair
Department of Nursing
Le Moyne College
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Bastable, Susan Bacorn, editor.
Title: Essentials of patient education / edited by Susan B. Bastable.
Description: Second edition. | Burlington, Massachusetts : Jones & Bartlett Learning, [2017] | Includes
bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016002966 | ISBN 9781284104448 (paperback)
Subjects: | MESH: Education, Nursing—methods | Learning | Patient Education as Topic—methods | Teaching
Classification: LCC RT90 | NLM WY 18 | DDC 615.5/071—dc23
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