Interventions to Improve Care for Patients with Limited Health Literacy.

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Published in J Clin Outcomes Manag on January 01, 2009

Authors

Rebecca L Sudore1, Dean Schillinger

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Geriatrics (Dr. Sudore), and the Division of General Internal Medicine (Dr. Schillinger), University of California, San Francisco, CA.

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