Denying to the Grave: Why We Ignore the Facts that Will Save Us

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5596/c17-011

Keywords:

health literacy

Author Biography

Heather Ganshorn, University of Calgary

Heather Ganshorn is an associate librarian and interim Head of the Health Sciences Library at the University of Calgary.

References

1. Rootman I, Gordon-El-Bihbety D. A vision for a health literate Canada: report of the Expert Panel on Health Literacy [Internet]. Ottawa: Canadian Public Health Association; 2008 [cited 2017 Mar 27]. Available from: http://www.cpha.ca/uploads/portals/hl/report_e.pdf.

2. Graveland B. Father gets jail in son's meningitis death; mom gets house arrest. Globe and Mail [Internet]. 2016 Jun 24 [cited 2017 Mar 27]. Available from: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/alberta/fat her-gets-jail-in-sons-meningitis-death-mom-getshouse-arrest/article30614885/.

3. Amit Aharon A, Nehama H, Rishpon S, BaronEpel O. Parents with high levels of communicative and critical health literacy are less likely to vaccinate their children. Patient Educ Couns. 2017 Apr;100(4):768-75. Epub 2016 Dec 5. PubMed PMID: 27914735. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2016.11.016.

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Published

2017-08-01

How to Cite

Ganshorn, H. (2017). Denying to the Grave: Why We Ignore the Facts that Will Save Us. Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association Journal De l’Association Des bibliothèques De La Santé Du Canada, 38(2), 51–52. https://doi.org/10.5596/c17-011

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