Promoting improved family caregiver health literacy: evaluation of caregiver communication resources

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 935-942

  Wittenberg, Elaine ^a   Goldsmith, Joy ^b   Ferrell, Betty ^a   Ragan, Sandra L ^c  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAREGIVER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY; FAMILY STUDY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; MODEL; SKILL; TUMOR MODEL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPREHENSION; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLICATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAREGIVERS; COMMUNICATION; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PAMPHLETS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84962528382     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.4117     Document Type: Article

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