How poor literacy leads to poor health care

Patient Care

Volumn 30, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 94-127

  Davis, Terry C ^a   Meldrum, Helen ^b   Tippy, Penelope K P ^c   Weiss, Barry D ^d   Williams, Mark V ^e,f  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f Grady Memorial Hospital   (United States)

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