Background Communication and shared decision-making (SDM) are essential to patient-centered
care. Hospital-based palliative care with patients with limited health literacy (LHL) …

… and impact of low health literacy, consider available tools for assessing the problem, and
identify strategies for a busy … It may be helpful to broaden the conceptual framework of health …

… healthcare outcomes. The purpose of this article is to outline the scope of low health literacy
… clinicians can reduce its negative impact on health outcomes. First, the major definitions of …

… The chapter on document design is helpful for anyone who writes, and the ever-present "Stories …
and teaching them easy-to-use communication strategies to help avoid illnesses, lower …

… Developing or implementing appropriate tools easy to use to measure health literacy would
be helpful even though previous research has indicated that formal screening tools are not …

… other health professionals about issues related to health literacy… effective strategies for
teaching about health literacy and clear … between low literacy and health outcomes is also helpful. …

… or implement a strategy to minimize the effects of low health literacy), using existing health
literacy resources … Such a strategy is helpful to facilitate reliable implementation. Although this …

… Nearly all people benefit from strategies designed for those with low health literacy because
… and a clear organizational structure are also helpful for readers with low literacy. (143)(144) …

… strategies to develop functional health literacy, and a majority designed to improve interactive
or critical health literacy … and attractive rhetoric surrounding health literacy needs to be …

… health literacy in a sample of Asian American adolescents. We will first review the literature
on mental health literacy… to seek school-based mental health services. Then we will report …