Do patients want clinicians to ask about social needs and include this information in their medical record?

• Main Authors: Steven M Albert (Author), Polly McCracken (Author), Thuy Bui (Author), Janel Hanmer (Author), Gary S Fischer (Author), Jaishree Hariharan (Author), Alton Everette James (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Social needs screening in primary care may be valuable for addressing non-medical health-related factors, such as housing insecurity, that interfere with optimal medical care. Yet it is unclear if patients welcome such screening and how comfortable they are having this informatio...