Jumping off and being careful: Children's strategies of risk management in everyday life

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 112-130

  Christensen, Pia ^a   Mikkelsen, Miguel Romero ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b Research Unit for General Practice   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Capacity of health; Childhood body; Children; Risk landscape; Risk management

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DENMARK; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; RECREATION; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACCIDENTS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CHILD; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK-TAKING; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 38749091311     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2007.01046.x     Document Type: Article

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