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Health literacy in primary care : a clinician's guide

Title
Health literacy in primary care : a clinician's guide / Gloria G. Mayer and Michael Villaire ; with a foreword by Albert E. Barnett.
Author
Mayer, Gloria G.
Publication
New York : Springer Pub., [2007], ©2007.

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Villaire, Michael.
Description
xiv, 294 pages : illustrations; 28 cm
Summary
"At the intersection of health care delivery and practice, there lies a large area of patient care with no manual: how to provide the best care to patients who have a critically low level of comprehension and literacy. Because all patients play a central role in the outcome of their own health care, competent health care becomes almost impossible for caregivers when the boundary of low literacy skills is present." "This book is packed with examples and tips that will serve as a needed guide for primary providers, nurse practitioners, hospital administrators, and others who are looking for ways to improve their communication with patients and provide the most beneficial health care to their low-literacy patients."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject
  • Health education
  • Patient education
  • Communication in medicine
  • Primary care (Medicine)
  • Patient Education as Topic
  • Communication Barriers
  • Educational Status
  • Professional-Patient Relations
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1. Understanding health literacy -- 2. Creating a patient-friendly environment -- 3. Assessing patients' literacy levels -- 4. Understanding and avoiding medical errors -- 5. Factoring culture into the care process -- 6. Improving patient-provider communication -- 7. Designing easy-to-read patient education materials -- 8. Principles of writing for low literacy -- 9. Using alternative forms of patient communication -- 10. Interpreters and their role in the health care setting.
ISBN
  • 9780826102294 (pbk.)
  • 0826102298 (pbk.)
LCCN
2006101856
OCLC
  • ocm77048209
  • 77048209
  • SCSB-5367334
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries