摘要：OF increasing importance are matters concerned with the consumer and his approach to the health care scene. In 1972 the "Patient Bill of Rights" was endorsed by the AHA, followed by the issuance in 1975 of the "Statement on Health Education." In 1974 the Bureau of Health Education was established, with its private sector counterpart, the National Center for Health Education, operational in 1975. Legislation has been passed in the form of the National Consumer Health Information and Health Promotion Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-317, Title I). All of these actions are contributing to a national consumer health education movement that encompasses the whole issue of patient education.
