Making health literacy real: Adult literacy and medical students teach each other

Journal of the Medical Library Association

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 221-224

  Hess, Jean ^a   Whelan, Julia S ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTINUING EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LEARNING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHYSICIAN;

BOSTON; COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PILOT PROJECTS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING;

EID: 67849084554     PISSN: 15365050     EISSN: 15589439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3163/1536-5050.97.3.012     Document Type: Article

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