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What is Medical lit•er•a•cy

Medical literacy is defined as the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic information and services needed to make appropriate decisions regarding their health. At some point, most individuals will encounter health information they cannot understand. Even well educated people with strong reading and writing skills may have trouble comprehending a medical form or doctor's instructions regarding a drug or procedure. - Lynn Neilson-Bohlman, Allison M. Panzer, David A. Kindig, Editors, Committee on Health Literacy