Health literacy and the role of the speech-language pathologist

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 180-191

  Hester, Eva Jackson ^a   Stevens Ratchford, Regena ^a  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Health literacy; Intervention; Research

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SPEECH DISORDER;

COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY;

EID: 67049108979     PISSN: 10580360     EISSN: 15589110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1058-0360(2009/08-0005)     Document Type: Article

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