Teaching medical students about health literacy: 2 Chicago initiatives

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages

  Harper, William ^a   Cook, Sandy ^b   Makoul, Gregory ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication skills; Curriculum; Health literacy; Medical education

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548558782     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/ajhb.31.s1.14     Document Type: Article

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