The Representation of Risk in Routine Medical Experience: What Actions for Contemporary Health Policy?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Riva, Silvia ^a,b   Monti, Marco ^c   Iannello, Paola ^a   Antonietti, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONCEPT ANALYSIS; CONCEPT FORMATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EXPERT; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; SELF CARE; SELF CONCEPT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TRUST;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CARE; SOCIAL CLASS; TRUST;

EID: 84868333278     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048297     Document Type: Article

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