Health Literacy: A Potential Barrier in Caring for Underserved Populations

Disease-a-Month

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 734-740

  Hawkins, Alesia O ^a   Kantayya, Vivek S ^a   Sharkey Asner, Carrie ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PREVALENCE; REVIEW;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650189981     PISSN: 00115029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.disamonth.2010.10.006     Document Type: Review

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