Health literacy: Improving patient understanding

ONCOLOGY

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 376-379

  Oates, Daniel J ^a   Silliman, Rebecca A ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; COMPREHENSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GERIATRICS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAINING;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; COMPREHENSION; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 65749114054     PISSN: 08909091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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