Exploring patient involvement in healthcare decision making across different education and functional health literacy groups

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1805-1812

  Smith, Sian K ^a   Dixon, Ann ^a   Trevena, Lyndal ^a   Nutbeam, Don ^b   McCaffery, Kirsten J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Australia; Decision making; Health information; Health literacy; Patient involvement; Patient pracitioner communication; Patient practitioner relationship; Socio economic position

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE; LITERACY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT CARE; RESPONSIBILITY; THEMATIC ANALYSIS;

COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY [NEW SOUTH WALES];

EID: 71749096797     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.09.056     Document Type: Article

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