Patient literacy and question-asking behavior during the medical encounter: a mixed-methods analysis.

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Published in J Gen Intern Med on April 12, 2007

Authors

Marra G Katz1, Terry A Jacobson, Emir Veledar, Sunil Kripalani

Author Affiliations

1: Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, USA.

Associated clinical trials:

North Carolina Genomic Evaluation by Next-generation Exome Sequencing, 2 (NCGENES2) | NCT03548779

Information Visualizations to Facilitate HIV-related Patient-provider Communication in New York City (Info Viz: HIV-NYC) | NCT04102540

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