What we talk about when we talk about risk: Refining surgery's hazards in medical thought

Milbank Quarterly

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 135-159

  Neuman, Mark D ^a   Bosk, Charles L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

medical decision making; medical sociology; risk assessment; Surgery

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDIZATION; SURGICAL RISK;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84859031086     PISSN: 0887378X     EISSN: 14680009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0009.2011.00657.x     Document Type: Review

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