title: When your patient can't read or write.
authors.affiliation: Linda S. Smith is vice president for research at Data Design, Inc., in Horseshoe Bend, Ark., and a member of the editorial board of Nursing2015.
authors.forename: Linda S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D005239:Fear; D057220:Health Literacy; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States