Sources of information used by patients prior to elective surgery: a scoping review.

42 The studies appeared to report an increasing trend wherein patients relied on health information coming from outside the healthcare environment and their medical practitioners. 45 64 65 Doctors should not be threatened by this, and instead, they must acknowledge that guiding patients to other sources (self-help groups, internet sites, organisations) may be as important as time actually spent talking to them.

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