The Influence of Health Literacy and Patient Activation on Patient Information Seeking and Sharing

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 20, Issue , 2015, Pages 77-82

  Ledford, Christy J W ^a   Cafferty, Lauren A ^a,c   Russell, Travis C ^b  

^a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

^b Mike o'Callaghan Federal Medical Center   (United States)

^c TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION SEEKING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 84945937559     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2015.1066466     Document Type: Article

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