Health Literacy in Adult Oncology: An Integrative Review

Health literacy is frequently defined as a variation of the definition endorsed by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, which is “the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions” (Nielsen-Bohlman, Panzer, & Kindig, 2004, p. 4). There are a growing number of broadened conceptualizations of health literacy attempting to capture its...