While the internet is a potentially fantastic source for information (Cancer Research UK has some very useful patient resources), great care must be taken to avoid treating spurious information as factual.
The Royal College of Anaesthetists' patient liaison group has produced a useful patient information leaflet that is designed to provide guidance in discussions of individual risks whilst considerable uncertainties remain.
Further research should be conducted on the implementation of the present findings into useful patient safety programs.
The MSIS in particular has received support as a useful patient-reported outcome measure from patients, clinicians and researchers [ 30, 57, 71].
Although DRG have been a useful patient classification system for hospital cost analysis, DRG present a series of limitations [ 52, 53].
Patient education has long been thought to be useful for patients receiving long-term anticoagulation.
Some say Buddhist meditation is most useful for patients with moderate emotional problems.
The advice and monitoring is particularly useful for patients with more than one medical problem.
Therefore, it would be especially useful for patients who take multiple other medicines.
