A Person-Centred Approach to Communicating Risk
Open Access
- 22 February 2005
- journal article
- Published by Public Library of Science (PLoS) in PLoS Medicine
- Vol. 2 (2) , e41
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0020041
Abstract
Standard approaches to communicating risk to patients do not appear to be very effective, argues Alaszewski. We need a new approach that takes patients' own perceptions into account.Keywords
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