TY - JOUR T1 - How much do patients know? A multiple choice question paper for patients in the waiting room JF - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners JO - J R Coll Gen Pract SP - 482 LP - 487 VL - 29 IS - 205 AU - John Coope AU - D. H. H. Metcalfe Y1 - 1979/08/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/29/205/482.abstract N2 - A questionnaire about knowledge of personal preventive medicine, treatment, and the appropriate use of health services was put to a population of patients attending their doctors' surgeries. The population was probably biased toward the younger and those willing to fill in such a questionnaire. The results showed a social class gradient in knowledge and a distressing degree of ignorance on some topics. Suggestions are made for using the method in a positive educational way in practices, and for further studies with improved methods. ER -