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Health literacy in primary care : a clinician's guide / Gloria G. Mayer and Michael Villaire ; with a foreword by Albert E. Barnett.
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View onlineHolman Biotech Commons RA440.5 .M42 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mayer, Gloria G.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Health education.
- Patient education.
- Communication in medicine.
- Primary care (Medicine).
- Patient Education as Topic.
- Communication Barriers.
- Educational Status.
- Professional-Patient Relations.
- Medical Subjects:
- Patient Education as Topic.
- Communication Barriers.
- Educational Status.
- Professional-Patient Relations.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 294 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Springer Pub., [2007]
- Contents:
- Understanding health literacy
- Creating a patient-friendly environment
- Assessing patients' literacy levels
- Understanding and avoiding medical errors
- Factoring culture into the care process
- Improving patient-provider communication
- Designing easy-to-read patient education materials
- Principles of writing for low literacy
- Using alternative forms of patient communication
- Interpreters and their role in the health care setting.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0826102298
- 9780826102294
- OCLC:
- 77048209
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