Do written education materials that use content and design principles improve older people's knowledge?

Australian Occupational Therapy Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 103-112

  Mckenna, Kryss ^a   Scott, Judy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Wooloowin Area Office   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aged; Health knowledge; Patient education; Patient centred care; Print materials

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250201119     PISSN: 00450766     EISSN: 14401630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1630.2006.00583.x     Document Type: Article

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