Knowledge Is Power: Patient Education as a Tool for Patient Activation

Affiliations

¹ Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
² Principal, The Voice of the Patient; Board of Directors, Kidney Health Initiative, Baltimore, MD.
³ Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD; The Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research, Baltimore, MD. Electronic address: mgrams2@jhmi.edu.

Editorial

Jennifer Chen et al. Am J Kidney Dis. 2020 Aug.

. 2020 Aug;76(2):163-165.

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2020.03.012. Epub 2020 Jun 16.

¹ Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
² Principal, The Voice of the Patient; Board of Directors, Kidney Health Initiative, Baltimore, MD.
³ Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD; The Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research, Baltimore, MD. Electronic address: mgrams2@jhmi.edu.

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CKD Awareness Among US Adults by Future Risk of Kidney Failure.
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