Words and well-being: How literacy affects patient health

Journal for Nurse Practitioners

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 28-35

  Scudder, Laurie ^a,b  

^a Nurse Practitioner Alternatives Inc   (United States)

^b Partnership for Clear Health Communication   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional health literacy; Health literacy; Literacy; Low literacy; Low reading level; Reading comprehension

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644844805     PISSN: 15554155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nurpra.2005.11.006     Document Type: Article

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