Educating Patients
Summertime ... and the Living Is Healthy
By News Staff
5/9/2007
AAFP Family Health Facts patient education brochures are a helpful way to spread the word. The series covers topics most frequently encountered in family medicine and is written from the perspective of the family physician. In addition, the brochures are written at an easily accessible level for the patients they target.
Some topics that can aid patients this summer:
- Healthy Living & Prevention: Skin Cancer and Exercise
- Child Health: Child Safety
- Common Conditions: Cuts, Scrapes & Stitches
Each pack contains 50 copies of a single title. To order sample brochures, or to request a fax-back list of titles, call (800) 944-0000.
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