Health literacy in the "oral exchange": An important element of patient-provider communication

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 565-571

  Nouri, Sarah S ^a   Rudd, Rima E ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Health communication; Health literacy; Oral and aural literacy; Oral exchange; Patient provider communication; Speaking and listening skills

Indexed keywords

AURAL LITERACY; AWARENESS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTROSPECTION; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LEARNING; MEASUREMENT; ORAL COMMUNICATION; ORAL LITERACY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPREHENSION; HUMAN RELATION; LANGUAGE;

COMMUNICATION; COMPREHENSION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 84926414508     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2014.12.002     Document Type: Review

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