Does concern-driven risk management provide a viable alternative to QRA?

Risk Analysis

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-43

  Cox Jr , Louis Anthony ^a  

^a Cox Associates ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Concern driven risk management; Judgment; Precautionary principle; Quantitative risk assessment; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CONCERN DRIVEN RISK MANAGEMENT; JUDGMENT; PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLES; QUANTITATIVE RISK ASSESSMENT;

RISK MANAGEMENT;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; GLYCOPEPTIDE; MACROLIDE; OXAZOLIDINONE DERIVATIVE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; STREPTOGRAMIN; VIRGINIAMYCIN;

DECISION MAKING; EXPERT SYSTEM; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSENSUS; DECISION MAKING; EXPERT SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; NONHUMAN; POLICY; POLITICS; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNCERTAINTY;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DECISION MAKING; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 33947110287     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2006.00857.x     Document Type: Review

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