Promoting Linguistically Based Health Literacy in Doctors for Better Cancer Healthcare in Cyprus

Georgios P. Georgiou; Polina Mackay

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Promoting Linguistically Based Health Literacy in Doctors for Better Cancer Healthcare in Cyprus

Georgios P. Georgiou, Polina Mackay

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Abstract

This paper explores a novel approach in cancer healthcare, underscoring the significance of fostering health literacy among doctors by enhancing their ability to employ linguistically oriented strategies to extract and interpret the linguistic behavior of patients. The focus is on the Greek-Cypriot context, where research on health literacy is still in its nascent stages.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	211-212
Number of pages	2
Journal	Journal of Cancer Education
Volume	39
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-024-02406-z
Publication status	Published - Apr 2024

Keywords

Cyprus
Doctors
Health literacy
Linguistics
Training

UN SDGs

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