Open AccessThe (informed) patient’s consent: How to actually increase health literacy in the Polish healthcare
Author(s) -
Ewelina Moroń
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
oblicza komunikacji
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2083-5345
DOI - 10.19195/2083-5345.12.22
Subject(s) - health literacy , informed consent , health care , literacy , process (computing) , plain language , health information , psychology , public relations , medical education , medicine , computer science , alternative medicine , political science , pedagogy , law , operating system , pathology
The paper contains basic information on health literacy — the process of gaining information and improving one’s knowledge about health, avoiding health-risk behaviors and being able to identify and realize social and environmental factors related to healthcare (WHO 1986). The text comprises two parts: the first describes the need to develop health literacy and lists the basic tools which can be used for this purpose. The second one includes a proposal for a plain-language tooth extraction consent.