The evolution of health literacy : empowering patients through improved education / Nitin Agarwal, David R. Hansberry, and Arpan V. Prabhu, editors
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- 出版： New York : Nova Science Pub. c2017
- 叢書名： Public health in the 21st century
- 主題： Health literacy , Health literacy
- ISBN： 9781536106022 (pbk.) :: US$82.00 、 153610602X (pbk.)
- 一般註：Includes bibliographical references and index
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- 系統號： 005242622 | 機讀編目格式
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摘要註
Physicians have long pledged to adhere to four basic moral principles, a concise framework for the larger field of medical ethics. As is commonly known, those values consist of autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, and justice. However, in order to advocate for these principles for patients, medical professionals must first ensure patients have appropriate medical resources from which to glean information. This book serves to underscore this concept and advance the field of patient education -- Provided by the publisher
內容註
Overview and history of health literacy in the United States and the epidemiology of low health literacy in healthcare -- Printed education materials: analysis, text development and interventions -- Health literacy: how the internet has changed the way people receive health information -- Metrics for assessment of online patient education materials -- Methods and impact of improving health literacy -- Socioeconomic considerations: economic impact of health literacy -- Assessing health literacy in the hispanic community