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SUBMITTER: Fleisher J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3943655 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fleisher Jori J Bhatia Roma R Margus Colton C Pruitt Amy A Dahodwala Nabila N
Neurology. Clinical practice 20140201 1
AS RESEARCHERS CONTINUE TO ILLUMINATE THE COMPLEXITIES OF NEUROLOGIC DISORDERS AND THEIR MANAGEMENT, THE CLINICIAN FACES AN EQUALLY INTENSIFYING BURDEN: how to communicate these advances effectively to patients. Health literacy (HL) refers to a person's ability to find, comprehend, and use basic information and resources in order to make appropriate decisions related to his or her health. We describe the first study of low HL prevalence using a validated measure in a cohort of adult neurology ou ...[more]