Health Literacy and Palliative Care: Workshop Summary

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

doi:10.17226/21839

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Health Literacy and Palliative Care

Workshop Summary

(2016)

The Institute of Medicine Roundtable on Health Literacy convened a 1-day public workshop to explore the relationship between palliative care and health literacy, and the importance of health literate communication in providing high-quality delivery of palliative care. Health Literacy and Palliative Care summarizes the discussions that occurred throughout the workshop and highlights the key lessons presented, practical strategies, and the needs and opportunities for improving health literacy in the United States.

Contributor(s): National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Health and Medicine Division; Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice; Roundtable on Health Literacy; Joe Alper, Rapporteur

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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. Health Literacy and Palliative Care: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/21839.

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136 pages | 6 x 9 |

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Paperback: 978-0-309-38036-2
Ebook: 978-0-309-38039-3

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/21839

Chapters		skim
Front Matter	i-xviii
1 Introduction	1-4
2 Communication: Palliative Care's Transformational Procedure	5-16
3 Interpersonal Communication	17-40
4 Professional Training	41-50
5 Integrated Care Teams	51-70
6 Health Literacy in Palliative Care Programs	71-94
7 Reflections on the Workshop	95-100
References	101-106
Appendix A: Workshop Agenda	107-110
Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Workshop Speakers and Moderators	111-118

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