The arc of health literacy

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 314, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1225-1226

  Koh, Howard K ^a,b   Rudd, Rima E ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SKILL; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NOTE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADULT; COMPREHENSION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; COMPREHENSION; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; MEDICATION RECONCILIATION; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84942274762     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2015.9978     Document Type: Note

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