The Health Care Experience of Patients with Low Literacy

Archives of Family Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 329-334

  Baker, David W ^a,c   Parker, Ruth M ^a   Williams, Mark V ^a   Pitkin, Kathryn ^c   Parikh, Nina S ^a   Coates, Wendy ^c   Imara, Mwalimu ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MEDICATION ERROR; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; READING; SHAME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FOCUS GROUPS; GEORGIA; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MEDICATION ERRORS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; READING; SHAME;

EID: 0030160090     PISSN: 10633987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archfami.5.6.329     Document Type: Article

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