Healthcare literacy: Multiple perspectives grounded in the experience of Mexican American caregivers

Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-9

  Cagle, Carolyn Spence ^a   Wells, Jo Nell ^a  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79952187159     PISSN: 10921095     EISSN: 1538067X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/10.CJON.E1-E9     Document Type: Article

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