The Power of Stories Over Statistics: Lessons from Neonatal Jaundice and Infant Airplane Safety

Narrative Research in Health and Illness

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 257-272

  Newman, Thomas B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Airplane safety; Data; Infants; Jaundice; Power

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948732957     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470755167.ch16     Document Type: Chapter

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