Empowering patients through health information literacy training

Library Review

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 231-244

  Cullen, Rowena ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Consumers; Information; Learning; Personal health; Teaching; Worldwide web

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444445473     PISSN: 00242535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00242530510593425     Document Type: Review

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