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Research data from A.S. Baldwin and colleagues update understanding of behavior

Published in Blood Weekly, April 10th, 2008

" Few data exist examining how patients' preferred role orientation (patient-centered or provider-centered) is associated with 'centered'' behavior and clinical markers of health. The purpose of the study is to investigate how patients' preferred role orientation is associated with information-seeking behavior and clinical markers of health in a chronically ill population," scientists in the United States report.

" Participants were 189 hypertensive patients, at two VA Medical Centers and four community-based clinics, who completed measures of preferred role orientation and medication information seeking. Lab values of patients' blood pressure, LDL cholesterol, and...

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