Health literacy

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1489-1491

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CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; NOTE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES; ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREGNANCY;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 38449117874     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000291574.16816.68     Document Type: Note

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