Shame and health literacy: The unspoken connection

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 33-39

  Parikh, Nina S ^a   Parker, Ruth M ^a   Nurss, Joanne R ^a   Baker, David W ^a   Williams, Mark V ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional health literacy; Low literacy; Shame

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHAME; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0030060710     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0738-3991(95)00787-3     Document Type: Article

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