The case for development of a new test of health literacy

Oncology Nursing Forum

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 283-289

  Agre, Patricia ^a   Stieglitz, Ezra ^b   Milstein, Glen ^c  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE   (United States)

^c CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE TEST; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASM; NURSING; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PATIENT EDUCATION; REVIEW;

DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASMS; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PATIENT EDUCATION;

EID: 33646342228     PISSN: 0190535X     EISSN: 15380688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/06.ONF.283-289     Document Type: Review

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