Metaphor use and health literacy: A pilot study of strategies to explain randomization in cancer clinical trials

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-16

  Krieger, Janice L ^a   Parrott, Roxanne L ^b   Nussbaum, Jon F ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PILOT STUDY; POVERTY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; VIDEORECORDING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE III AS TOPIC; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; METAPHOR; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PILOT PROJECTS; POVERTY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RURAL POPULATION; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 78651112441     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2010.529494     Document Type: Article

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