Health literacy : past, present, and future : workshop summary /
In 2004, the Institute of Medicine released Health Literacy: A Prescription to End Confusion, a report on the then-underappreciated challenge of enabling patients to comprehend their condition and treatment, to make the best decisions for their care, and to take the right medications at the right ti...
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| Format: | Electronic Conference Proceeding eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, DC :
National Academies Press,
[2015]
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Table of Contents:
- FrontMatter; Reviewers; Acknowledgments; Contents; Box and Figures; Acronyms and Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Health Literacy at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Progress and Possibilities; 3 Health Literacy and Medications; 4 Use and Delivery of Health Care; 5 Education; 6 Looking to the Future; 7 Where Do We Go from Here?; References; Appendix A: Workshop Agenda; Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Workshop Speakers
