OBJECTIVE To describe pediatricians' self-reported experiences with health literacy, use of basic and enhanced communication techniques, and perceived barriers to effective communication during office visits. DESIGN/METHODS A national, random sample of 1605 nonretired, posttraining American Academy of Pediatrics members were surveyed in 2007 about health literacy and patient communication as ...

BACKGROUND The nurse's function, no matter the working area, is guided by ethical approaches, grounded in science and well-tried experiences, and has to be conducted according to national laws, statutes and instructions. AIM To survey newly graduated Swedish nurses' knowledge about current statutes and laws that govern their healthcare system. METHOD A questionnaire was developed from facts...

DISCLAIMER: Note that these results are descriptive results for the samples collected in the household surveys of the WHO Multi-country Survey Study of Health and Health Systems Responsiveness (Brief survey, N=803). They are not representative for the country as sampling weights were not used. The WHO World Health Survey, which contained a second iteration of the responsiveness questions, did c...