Infinitesimal risk as public health crisis: News media coverage of a doctor-patient HIV contact tracing investigation

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1685-1695

  Brown, Julianne ^a   Chapman, Simon ^a   Lupton, Deborah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

AIDS; Doctor patient communication; HIV; Mass media; Risk communication

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; OBSTETRICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0030560980     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(95)00402-5     Document Type: Article

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