Improving the informed consent process for research subjects with low literacy: A systematic review

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 121-126

  Tamariz, Leonardo ^a,b   Palacio, Ana ^a,b   Robert, Mauricio ^a   Marcus, Erin N ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

comprehension; health literacy; informed consent

Indexed keywords

COMPREHENSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDLINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; READING; RECALL; RESEARCH SUBJECT; REVIEW; SELF EVALUATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEACHING; WRITING;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COMPREHENSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT;

EID: 84872495057     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-012-2133-2     Document Type: Review

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