Functional health literacy and the quality of physician-patient communication among diabetes patients

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 315-323

  Schillinger, Dean ^a   Bindman, Andrew ^a   Wang, Frances ^a   Stewart, Anita ^b   Piette, John ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes Mellitus; Functional health literacy; Physician patient communication; Primary care; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SAN FRANCISCO; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 1442357943     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-3991(03)00107-1     Document Type: Article

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