Are you assessing the communication "vital sign"?: Improving communication with our low-health-literacy patients

Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 177-179

  Dennison Himmelfarb, Cheryl R ^a,b   Hughes, Suzanne ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SUMMA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; TEACHING;

ADULT; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; TEACHING;

EID: 79955086186     PISSN: 08894655     EISSN: 15505049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JCN.0b013e318213aa2d     Document Type: Article

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