Health Literacy: An Educationally Sensitive Patient Outcome

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1363-1368

  Yin, H Shonna ^a   Jay, Melanie ^a,b   Maness, Leslie ^a   Zabar, Sondra ^a   Kalet, Adina ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Veterans Affair New York Harbor ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

health literacy; medical education; patient activation; patient engagement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATIONALLY SENSITIVE PATIENT OUTCOME; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT ACTIVATION; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PHYSICIAN; TEACHING; CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE;

COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84939241306     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-015-3329-z     Document Type: Article

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