| Description |
xv, 253 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Understanding health literacy / Jay M. Bernhardt, Erica D. Brownfield, and Ruth M. Parker -- Epidemiology of low health literacy / Barry D. Weiss -- Literacy skills of U.S. adults / John Comings and Irwin Kirsch -- What does low literacy mean? / John Strucker and Rosalind Davidson -- Literacy demands in health care settings : the patient perspective / Rima E. Rudd ... [et al.] -- Health literacy and the patient-provider relationship / Debra L. Roter -- Participatory decision-making in the medical encounter and its relationship to patient literacy / Lisa A. Cooper, Mary Catherine Beach, and Sarah L. Clever -- The challenges of informed consent for low-literate populations / Michael K. Paasche-Orlow -- Using the Internet to move beyond the brochure and improve health literacy / Cynthia E. Baur -- Literacy testing in health care research / Terry Davis ... [et al.] -- A conceptual framework for the relationship between health literacy and health care outcomes : the chronic disease exemplar / Dean Schillinger, Terry Davis -- Health literacy and health outcomes : overview of the literature / Darren A. DeWalt and Michael Pignone |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Health literacy -- United States.
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Health education -- United States.
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Patient education -- United States.
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Literacy -- United States.
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Educational Status.
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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice.
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Communication Barriers.
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Health Education.
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| SUBJECT |
United States. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481 |
| Author |
Schwartzberg, Joanne G.
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VanGeest, Jonathan.
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Wang, Claire.
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| LC no. |
2004016090 |
| ISBN |
1579476309 |
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