Risk, uncertainty and knowledge

Health, Risk and Society

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-10

  Alaszewski, Andy ^a   Brown, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Affect; Emotion; Knowledge; Rationality; Risk; Trust; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT RIGHT; PATIENT SAFETY; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; TRUST; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 33847744544     PISSN: 13698575     EISSN: 14698331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13698570601183033     Document Type: Editorial

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