Risk talk: Rhetorical strategies in consultations on hormone replacement therapy

Health, Risk and Society

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 139-154

  Hoffmann, Mikael ^a   Linell, Per ^a   Lindh Åstrand, Lotta ^a   Kjellgren, Karin I ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Communication; Hormone replacement therapy; Menopause; Physician patient relations; Risk

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONSULTATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENOPAUSE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0038388305     PISSN: 13698575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369857031000123920     Document Type: Article

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