Health Literacy: What the Issue Is, What Is Happening, and What Can Be Done

Health Promotion Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 8-11

  Rothschild, Beccah ^a  

^a a project of California Literacy   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; SELF CARE; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; COMMUNICATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SELF CARE;

EID: 16644393974     PISSN: 15248399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524839904270387     Document Type: Article

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