We are in receipt of a communication from Death Magazine announcing its birth in a building at 503 East 11th St. and explaining its raison d'etra as follows: "The first step on the road to learning to live is to become aware of the impasse-of Death in the world, and in ourselves.
Previous evidence regarding care transitions between secondary or tertiary and primary health care has shown that receipt, timeliness, and content of communication is often suboptimal [ 20- 24].
59 While having a recent doctor visit was highly predictive of receipt of cancer screening, health communication variables were also important.
However, these instruments are not capable of assessing the wide array of skills that comprise health literacy, including health knowledge, numeracy, and receipt of information via other modes of communication.
To understand how aspects of the patient-PCP communication affect receipt of these preventive services, we performed a qualitative study, observing and audiotaping medical visits at two community health centers.
30 31 An Australian trial comparing methods of communication between hospital and general practices found that fax had higher receipt rates than post and was the most preferred method by GPs.
Even in Uttar Pradesh, the lack of communication between the agency and the schools regarding delivery of foodgrains led to delayed receipt by students; 88% of students received foodgrains once in two months or more.
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The lack of communication?
"A conduit of communication.
Opening lines of communication.
