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Helping Patients Ask Questions


 

A new Web site designed to encourage consumers to ask appropriate questions of their doctor or other clinicians has been launched by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, with the Advertising Council and actress Fran Drescher. The site features tips for patients and has a Question Builder tool that allows patients to create a list of questions they can take with them to medical appointments. Visit the Web site at www.ahrq.gov/questionsaretheanswer

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