Significant choice and crisis decision making: MeritCare's public communication in the Fen-Phen case

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 389-397

  Streifel, Renae A ^a   Beebe, Bethany L ^b   Veil, Shari R ^b   Sellnow, Timothy L ^b  

^a Meritcare Health System   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambiguity; Crisis communication; Health communication; Public relations; Significant choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751076258     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-006-9097-2     Document Type: Article

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