Health literacy: The gap between physicians and patients

American Family Physician

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 463-468

  Safeer, Richard S ^a,c,d   Keenan, Jann ^a,b  

^a CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield   (United States)

^b Keenan Group Inc   (United States)

^c CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; READING; REVIEW; SKILL;

COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 23244467454     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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