How long does it take to assess literacy skills in clinical practice?

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 211-214

  Johnson, Kristen ^a   Weiss, Barry D ^b  

^a Polyclinic Family Medicine Northgate   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEWEST VITAL SIGN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RATING SCALE; SKILL; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOOD LABELING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 44449147816     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2008.03.070217     Document Type: Article

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