Assessing readability of patient education materials: Current role in orthopaedics

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 468, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2572-2580

  Badarudeen, Sameer ^a   Sabharwal, Sanjeev ^b  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; COMPREHENSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; ORTHOPEDICS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; WEB BROWSER; ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; REVIEW;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; AUDIOVISUAL AIDS; COMPREHENSION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; ORTHOPEDICS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; READING;

EID: 77957336661     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-010-1380-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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