Cooperation and communication between parents or other caregivers and a child's clinicians are essential to providing the highest quality of medical treatment, regardless of the health issue at hand. The provision of written materials has long been recognized as a valuable means of enhancing the parents' knowledge about the child's condition, diagnostic tests, therapeutic procedures, and medications. Written materials also can be effective tools for reinforcing information and instructions provided directly to the patient and parents in clinical encounters.
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