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Health literacy in primary care : a clinician's guide / Gloria G. Mayer and Michael Villaire.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mayer, Gloria G.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Health education.
- Patient education.
- Communication in medicine.
- Primary care (Medicine).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (308 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; London : Springer, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Presents major issues in health literacy from the standpoint of the patient, and the challenges that the problem places on health care providers. This book looks at some specific methodologies that have been demonstratively effective in communicating with low-literate patients. It describes alternatives to written forms of patient communication.
- Contents:
- Cover; TOC Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Foreword; CH 1 Understanding Health Literacy; CH 2 Creating a Patient-Friendly Environment; CH 3 Assessing Patients' Literacy Levels; CH 4 Understanding and Avoiding Medical Errors; CH 5 Factoring Culture Into the Care Process; CH 6 Improving Patient-Provider Communication; CH 7 Designing Easy-to-Read Patient Education Materials; CH 8 Principles of Writing for Low Literacy; CH 9 Using Alternative Forms of Patient Communication; CH 10 Interpreters and Their Role in the Health Care Setting; Afterword; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-82347-X
- 9786610823475
- 0-8261-0107-0
- OCLC:
- 271794751
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