Empirical relationships between health literacy and treatment decision making: A scoping review of the literature

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 296-309

  Malloy Weir, Leslie J ^a   Charles, Cathy ^a   Gafni, Amiram ^a   Entwistle, Vikki A ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health literacy; Patient decision aids; Shared decision making; Treatment decision making

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; KNOWLEDGE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION;

DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 84921612772     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2014.11.004     Document Type: Review

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