The importance of patient education throughout the continuum of health care

Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 22-31

  DeMarco, Joanna ^a   Nystrom, Meg ^a   Salvatore, Kelly ^a  

^a Clevel and Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care consumers; Health education; Health literacy; Health professionals; Internet; Patient education

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952505509     PISSN: 15398285     EISSN: 15398293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15398285.2011.547069     Document Type: Article

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