Journal article
Empirical relationships between health literacy and treatment decision making: A scoping review of the literature
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: This study asked: What is known from the existing literature about the empirical relationships between health literacy (HL) and the three stages of the treatment decision making (TDM) process: information exchange, deliberation, and deciding on the treatment to implement?
METHODS: A scoping review of the literature was conducted. Four databases were searched and a total of 2772 records were returned. After de-duplication and three …
Authors
Malloy-Weir LJ; Charles C; Gafni A; Entwistle VA
Journal
Patient Education and Counseling, Vol. 98, No. 3, pp. 296–309
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
March 2015
DOI
10.1016/j.pec.2014.11.004
ISSN
0738-3991