Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Principles of teaching and learning: Overview of education in health care -- Ethical, legal, and economic foundations of the educational process -- Learning theory and nursing practice -- Characteristics of the learner: Determinants of learning -- Teaching strategies specific to developmental stages -- Motivation, compliance and health behaviors of the learner -- Literacy in the adult patient population -- Gender, socioeconomic, and cultural attributes of the learner -- Special populations -- Techniques and strategies of teaching and learning: Educational objectives -- Instructional methods: selection, use and evaluation -- Instructional materials -- Instructional settings -- Evaluation in health-care education --