The use of standardized patients to teach low-literacy communication skills

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages

  Manning, Kimberly D ^a   Kripalani, Sunil ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health literacy; Medical education; Physician patient communication; Standardized patients

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548546479     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/ajhb.31.s1.13     Document Type: Article

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