Communicating risk

BMJ

Volumn 313, Issue 7070, 1996, Pages 1483-

  Edwards, Adrian ^a   Pill, Roisin ^a   Stott, Nigel ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NOTE; RISK ASSESSMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH EDUCATION; LANGUAGE; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0029857519     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.313.7070.1483     Document Type: Letter

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