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Health literacy and harm: Who is at risk? What is the fix?

Allan Frankel
CMAJ June 03, 2008 178 (12) 1573-1574; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.080628
Allan Frankel MD
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vol. 178 no. 12 1573-1574
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.080628
PubMed 
18519906
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  • Published online June 2, 2008.
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© 2008 Canadian Medical Association

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  1. Allan Frankel MD
  1. Allan Frankel is a faculty member with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Cambridge, Mass., and the Division of General Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Mass.
  1. Correspondence to:
    Dr. Allan Frankel, 15 Whitetail Lane, Sudbury MA 01776 USA; Allan.frankel{at}lotusforum.com

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