Curationis (Sep 1980)

The ward sister as a health educator

  • V. Woodward

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4102/curationis.v3i1.214
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 1

Abstract

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According to Thomson, hospital patients form a target group of particular importance for the health educator because: — the patients suffering from a particular disease are a motivated group so far as education related to their illness is concerned, and — hospital patients are restricted to a certain environment for comparatively long periods of time in many instances, and thus represent a captive group for health education.