Consumer Health Information Service for Patients and Medical Consumers. Patient and Medical Information.

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As a result of the rapid progress in medicine and the development of related technology after World War II, diverse new methods have become available to treat disease. At the same time, serious consideration of patients' rights, autonomy, and freedom of choice gave rise to the concept of "informed consent" (IC) in the United States. IC has been rapidly adopted in our country, and patients are now are often asked to give their written IC by their doctors. However, most patients and their families obtain information about the patient's disease from their doctor alone, and it is difficult for them to gain access to other sources of information concerned with the disease or their various needs. Very few hospitals give patients access to their library. Patients' needs are varied and differ from person to person, and thus medical information alone may be not sufficient. Many social resources regarding philosophical, religious, legal, ethical, biological, and medical information must be opened to patients by cooperative professional and lay networking.
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