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Beschreibung
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 is present. In a concise and well-written format you will learn:

Common myths about low literacy
Examples of low health care literacy
How to recognize patients with low literacy
Strategies to help patients with low literacy and reduce medical errors
Cultural issues in health literacy
Ways to create a patient-friendly office environment
How to improve patient communication
Guidelines to target and overcome common problems practitioners encounter

This clear, well written book is packed with examples and tips and will serve as a much needed guide for primary care providers, nurse practitioners, hospital administrators, and others who are looking for ways to improve their communication with patients and provide the most beneficial health care to their low-literacy patients.
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 is present. In a concise and well-written format you will learn:

Common myths about low literacy
Examples of low health care literacy
How to recognize patients with low literacy
Strategies to help patients with low literacy and reduce medical errors
Cultural issues in health literacy
Ways to create a patient-friendly office environment
How to improve patient communication
Guidelines to target and overcome common problems practitioners encounter

This clear, well written book is packed with examples and tips and will serve as a much needed guide for primary care providers, nurse practitioners, hospital administrators, and others who are looking for ways to improve their communication with patients and provide the most beneficial health care to their low-literacy patients.
Über den Autor

Gloria G. Mayer, RN, EdD, FAAN, is President and CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Advancement in La Habra, California.

Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface

Foreword
  1. Understanding Health Literacy
  2. Creating a Patient-Friendly Environment
  3. Assessing Patients' Literacy Levels
  4. Understanding and Avoiding Medical Errors
  5. Factoring Culture into the Care Process
  6. Improving Patient-Provider Communication
  7. Designing Easy-to-Read Patient Education Materials
  8. Principles of Writing for Low Literacy
  9. Using Alternative Forms of Patient Communication
  10. Interpreters and Their Role in the Health Care Setting

Afterword

Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
Fachbereich: Allgemeine Lexika
Genre: Importe, Medizin
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780826102294
ISBN-10: 0826102298
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Mayer, Gloria G. RN EdD FAAN
Villaire, Michael Mslm
Hersteller: Springer Publishing Company
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 280 x 216 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: Gloria G. RN EdD FAAN Mayer (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.04.2007
Gewicht: 0,784 kg
Artikel-ID: 108658351

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