Health and Literacy in Primary Care: A Clinician's Guide

by Michael Villaire, Gloria G. Mayer, Gloria G. Mayer RN EdD FAAN

Designated a Doody's Core Title

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 literary skills...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826102298
• ISBN13: 9780826102294
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.5" x 10.8"