Health literacy, does it make a difference?

Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 39-45

  Johnson, Anne ^a,b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health literacy; Patient communication; Patient education; Social determinants

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899918798     PISSN: 08130531     EISSN: 14474328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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