Don't blame patients, engage them: Transforming health systems to address health literacy

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 19, Issue , 2014, Pages 10-14

  Frosch, Dominick L ^a,b,c   Elwyn, Glyn ^d  

^a GORDON AND BETTY MOORE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PALO ALTO MEDICAL FOUNDATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Dartmouth Center for Health Care Delivery Science   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; UNITED STATES;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84908144646     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2014.950548     Document Type: Review

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