The role of literacy in health and health care

American Family Physician

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 387-388

  Dewalt, Darren A ^a,b   Pignone, Michael P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDITORIAL; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT GUIDANCE; READING; SELF CARE;

COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 23244437369     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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