How can doctors communicate information about risk more effectively?

British Medical Journal

Volumn 327, Issue 7417, 2003, Pages 728-731

  Alaszewski, Andy ^a   Horlick Jones, Tom ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; DEATH; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG MISUSE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOLOGY; VACCINATION;

EID: 0141707895     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.728     Document Type: Review

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