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Davies, Alan, S. Davies, J. Mulwanda and D. R. Gorman. 2009. Testing the health literacy of nurses in Zambia. Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies 27 (4) : 439–452.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

health | information processing | literacy | medical conversation | medical language

Language as a subject

English, Zambian | Languages, Zambian

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

This paper discusses the (Engish) health literacy levels of enrolled, registered, and student registered nurses in the multilingual Zambian context, where the majority of official health information is provided in English.