The perils of misinformation: when health literacy goes awry

Growing patient empowerment and the deluge of health information and misinformation have highlighted the importance of health literacy. Unfortunately, public information and literacy programmes often fail to counter the effect of misinformation. Successfully countering misinformation presents distin...

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Autores principales: Schulz, Peter J., Nakamoto, Kent
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8739684/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34997231
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41581-021-00534-z
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