Using pictographs to enhance recall of spoken medical instructions

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 83-88

  Houts, Peter S ^a   Bachrach, Rebecca ^b   Witmer, Judith T ^a   Tringali, Carol A ^a   Bucher, Julia A ^c   Localio, Russell A ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compliance; Low literacy; Patient education; Recall

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; VISUAL INFORMATION;

ADULT; AUDIOVISUAL AIDS; COMMUNICATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; TEACHING MATERIALS;

EID: 0032190145     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-3991(98)00065-2     Document Type: Article

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