Literacy, consumer informatics, and health care outcomes: Interrelations and implications

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 122, Issue , 2006, Pages 49-53

  Anton, Bonnie ^a   Nelson, Ramona ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer Literacy; Consumer Informatics; Health Information Literacy; Health Literacy Health Care Outcomes; Information Literacy; Literacy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERS; NURSING;

COMPUTER LITERACY; HEALTH INFORMATIONS; HEALTH LITERACY; INFORMATICS; INFORMATION LITERACY; LITERACY;

MEDICAL COMPUTING;

ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; COMPUTER INTERFACE; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

COMPREHENSION; HUMANS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 38149084583     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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