Patients' perspectives of the doctor-patient relationship and information giving across a range of literacy levels

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 114-120

  Shaw, Adrienne ^a   Ibrahim, Saima ^a   Reid, Fiona ^b   Ussher, Michael ^b   Rowlands, Gillian ^a  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication; Doctor patient relationship; Health information; Health literacy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 61349113971     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2008.09.026     Document Type: Article

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