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Health literacy obstacles hinder patients from clearly understanding health care procedures and documentation. A patient's embarrassment, pride, confusion, illiteracy, or fear of hearing more bad news may prevent needed communication. Ineffective communication can result in adverse outcomes, jeopardizing patient health and safety. To effectively address health literacy challenges, health care providers must first understand why patients have limited health literacy. Addressing Patients' Health Literay Needs thoroughly examines the health literacy crisis in the United States and provides suggestions for improving patient health literacy to bridge any communication gap that may exist between caregivers and patients.

ISBN 9781599402802Edition 01Binding Book w/ Software