Health literacy: Implications for family medicine

Family Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 595-598

  Davis, Terry C ^a   Wolf, Michael S ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FAMILY MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RAPID ESTIMATE OF ADULT LITERACY IN MEDICINE TEST; REACH OUT AND READ PROGRAM; READING; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; TRAINING; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; READING; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4444228140     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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