Communicating risk

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 344, Issue 7862, 2012, Pages

  Ahmed, Haroon ^a,b   Naik, Gurudutt ^b   Willoughby, Hannah ^b   Edwards, Adrian G K ^b  

^a Foundry Town Clinic   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE RISK REDUCTION; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ATTRIBUTE FRAMING; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; DECISION AID; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GOAL FRAMING; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NATURAL FREQUENCY; NUMBERS NEEDED TO TREAT; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE RISK REDUCTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK COMMUNICATION; RISK REDUCTION; UNCERTAINTY; ARTICLE; RISK;

COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RISK; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 84862666927     PISSN: 17561833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e3996     Document Type: Review

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