Exploring health literacy competencies in community pharmacy

Health Expectations

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 12-22

  Emmerton, Lynne M ^a   Mampallil, Liz ^a   Kairuz, Therese ^a   Mckauge, Leigh M ^a   Bush, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Consumers; Health literacy; Instructions; Labels; Medicines; Pharmacy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PHARMACY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS; PHARMACIES; QUEENSLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857398153     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: 13697625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-7625.2010.00649.x     Document Type: Article

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