Beyond the Institute of Medicine Health Literacy report: Are the recommendations being taken seriously?

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 891-892

  Parker, Ruth M ^a   Kindig, David A ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NOTE;

EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EVALUATION STUDIES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HUMANS; INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE (U.S.); PATIENT EDUCATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745769044     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2006.00541.x     Document Type: Note

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