Health literacy challenges in the aging population

Nursing Forum

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 248-255

  Mullen, Ellen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Elderly; Health literacy; Older adult

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; TRENDS;

AGED; AGING; COMMUNICATION; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84887184085     PISSN: 00296473     EISSN: 17446198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nuf.12038     Document Type: Article

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