Assessing oral literacy demand in genetic counseling dialogue: Preliminary test of a conceptual framework

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1442-1457

  Roter, Debra L ^a   Erby, Lori H ^a   Larson, Susan ^a   Ellington, Lee ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Genetic counseling; Health literacy; Oral literacy; Patient provider; USA

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HEALTH SERVICES; LITERACY;

ARTICLE; CANCER GENETICS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GRAMMAR; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; READING; UNITED STATES; VIDEOTAPE;

ADULT; BALTIMORE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SIMULATION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SCHOOLS, HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; VIDEO RECORDING;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548189307     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.05.033     Document Type: Article

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