Relationship of Functional Health Literacy to Patients' Knowledge of Their Chronic Disease
Archives of Internal MedicinePublished 26 January 1998
Mark V. Williams, David W. Baker, Ruth M. Parker, Joanne R. Nurss
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Inadequate functional health literacy poses a major barrier to educating patients with chronic diseases, and current efforts to overcome this appear unsuccessful.
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Inadequate functional health literacy poses a major barrier to educating patients with chronic diseases, and current efforts to overcome this appear unsuccessful.
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