Probabilistic thinking and health risks: An editorial.

This special issue is the third in a four-part series,Health Care Through the ‘Lens of Risk', which focus on risk categorisation, valuing, expecting and time-framing respectively, and published or to be published in 2012 and 2013. The present editorial introduces the issue of probabilistic thinking...

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Publicado en:Health, Risk & Society Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 1 - 12
Autores principales: Heyman, Bob, Alaszewski, Andy, Brown, Patrick
Formato: editorial Journal Article
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Feb2013
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Sumario:This special issue is the third in a four-part series,Health Care Through the ‘Lens of Risk', which focus on risk categorisation, valuing, expecting and time-framing respectively, and published or to be published in 2012 and 2013. The present editorial introduces the issue of probabilistic thinking about health in relation to an interview-based article and five substantial research articles, with further articles to appear subsequently in an annex in the next issue ofHealth, Risk & Society.