Patient literacy levels within an inner-city optometry clinic

Optometry

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 98-103

  Goodfellow, Geoffrey W ^a   Trachimowicz, Ruth ^a   Steele, Gregg ^a  

^a ILLINOIS COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Literacy; Nonverbal communication; Patient education

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; READING; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; WRITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHICAGO; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; READING; URBAN POPULATION; WRITING;

EID: 38349057588     PISSN: 15291839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optm.2007.03.015     Document Type: Article

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