Instrumental and affective communication with patients with limited health literacy in the palliative phase of cancer or COPD

Patients have a ‘need to know’ (instrumental need) and a ‘need to feel known’ (affective need). During consultations with patients with limited health literacy (LHL) in the palliative phase of their disease, b...

Source: BMC Palliative Care - October 7, 2020 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Janneke Noordman, Lotte Schulze, Ruud Roodbeen, Gudule Boland, Liesbeth M. van Vliet, Maria van den Muijsenbergh and Sandra van Dulmen Tags: Research article Source Type: research