Risk ritual and the management of control and anxiety in medical culture

Health

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 505-528

  Crawford, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Control; Culture; Health; Risk

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; AWARENESS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEAR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROMOTION; IMMUNITY; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LEARNING; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PERCEPTION; POLITICS; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ANXIETY; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLITICS; RISK;

EID: 6444227481     PISSN: 13634593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363459304045701     Document Type: Review

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