Suboptimal health literacy in patients with lung cancer or head and neck cancer

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2237-2245

  Koay, Kelvin ^a,b   Schofield, Penelope ^a,b   Gough, Karla ^a   Buchbinder, Rachelle ^c,e   Rischin, Danny ^a,b   Ball, David ^a,b   Corry, June ^a,b   Osborne, Richard H ^d   Jefford, Michael ^a,b  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c CABRINI INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Consumer health information; Health communication; Health literacy; Neoplasms; Patient education as topic; Physician patient relations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DISTRESS THERMOMETER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH LITERACY MANAGEMENT SCALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORTENED TEST OF FUNCTIONAL HEALTH LITERACY IN ADULTS;

EID: 84879952736     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-013-1780-0     Document Type: Article

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