Comments on: Health literacy is at an all-time low http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/02/health-literacy-is-at-all-time-low.html medical blog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:50:49 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/02/health-literacy-is-at-all-time-low.html/comment-page-1#comment-72256 Anonymous Tue, 27 Feb 2007 03:21:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/02/health-literacy-is-at-an-all-time-low.html#comment-72256 Both you and your patients lose if you use consent forms to obtain consent. If you understand that consent is always obtained in a direct personal and individualized conversation, and that a form is just a testament that the conversation has occured, then the form is kept in its proper place as a minor side-bar to the process and whether it is condescending or a little overcomplex is not really important. Both you and your patients lose if you use consent forms to obtain consent. If you understand that consent is always obtained in a direct personal and individualized conversation, and that a form is just a testament that the conversation has occured, then the form is kept in its proper place as a minor side-bar to the process and whether it is condescending or a little overcomplex is not really important.

]]> By: Couz http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/02/health-literacy-is-at-all-time-low.html/comment-page-1#comment-72254 Couz Tue, 27 Feb 2007 00:54:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/02/health-literacy-is-at-an-all-time-low.html#comment-72254 And yet other patients are complaining that they find medical literature intended for a lay-audience 'condescending'. We never win. And yet other patients are complaining that they find medical literature intended for a lay-audience ‘condescending’. We never win.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/02/health-literacy-is-at-all-time-low.html/comment-page-1#comment-72241 Anonymous Mon, 26 Feb 2007 17:44:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/02/health-literacy-is-at-an-all-time-low.html#comment-72241 Hi,<br/><br/>A useful health literacy resource is the book "Advancing health literacy: A framework for understanding and action" from Jossey-Bass. Hi,

A useful health literacy resource is the book “Advancing health literacy: A framework for understanding and action” from Jossey-Bass.

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