Health literacy: Is it time to shift our focus from patient to provider?

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 344, Issue 7852, 2012, Pages

  Theo Raynor, D K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPREHENSION; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EDITORIAL; EMPOWERMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859714430     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e2188     Document Type: Editorial

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