'Experts in risk?...do they exist?'

Health, Risk and Society

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 107-114

  Horlick Jones, Tom ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contingency; Expertise; Experts; Lay knowledge; Mediated knowledge; Risk; Technology decision making

Indexed keywords

AUTHORITY; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; EDITORIAL; ELECTRONICS; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 2942739318     PISSN: 13698575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13698570410001712096     Document Type: Editorial

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