Health Literacy and Informatics in the Geriatric Population: The Challenges and Opportunities

Online Journal of Nursing Informatics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1-19

  Kaye, Michelle ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geriatric population; Health literacy; Healthcare informatics; Medical informatics; Patient education

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953255467     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10899758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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