Does your patient really understand?

Charlotte Huff

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Does your patient really understand?

March 8, 2015

Huff C. Hospitals & health networks. 2011;85(10):34-5, 37-8, 2.

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This article discusses health literacy and describes an initiative to reduce gaps in understanding at discharge.

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