An integrated model of health disclosure decision-making

Uncertainty, Information Management, and Disclosure Decisions: Theories and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 226-253

  Greene, Kathryn ^a  

^a Rutgers University   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203933046-17     Document Type: Chapter

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