Culture, language, and health literacy: Communicating about health with Asians and Pacific Islanders

Family Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 208-210

  Nguyen, Giang T ^a   Bowman, Marjorie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; READING; REVIEW;

ASIAN AMERICANS; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847376106     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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