Will patients agree to have their literacy skills assessed in clinical practice?

Health Education Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 603-611

  Ryan, John G ^a   Leguen, Fermin ^b   Weiss, Barry D ^c   Albury, Sonya ^d   Jennings, Terri ^e   Velez, Fulton ^a   Salibi, Nadia ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Miami Dade County   (United States)

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

^d Health Council of South Florida   (United States)

^e Social Science and Research Consultants   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; READING; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; COMPREHENSION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

EID: 47249126130     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: 14653648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/cym051     Document Type: Article

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