Picture yourself in a hospital hallway or the corner of your loved one's room. The discharge nurse starts talking. School has started. Before you know it, you've received a folder of papers and a list of medications (mostly new ones), and additional relevant documents. You are expected to absorb everything. It might be wound care, warning signs, follow-ups, and perhaps a pharmacy change. And then that's it. School is over. My "health literacy" began in a similar hallway, in the middle of a...

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