Normality, risk and the future: Implicit communication of threat in health surveillance

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 497-516

  Lauritzen, Sonja Olin ^a   Sachs, Lisbeth ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clinical encounters; Communication; Health surveillance; Risk; Threats

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035405538     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.00262     Document Type: Article

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