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050			_aRA 427.3 .R57 1998
245		0	_aRisk, health and health care a qualitative approach / _cedited by Bob Heyman.
260			_aLondon, United Kingdom : _bArnold, _cc1998
300			_aix, 373 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_aIntroduction Part One - Risk Rationality Values and health risks Probability and health risks Cultural dimensions of risk The symbolic representation of risk: risk imagery and the AIDS epidemic Reasoning about probabilities Part Two Researching Risk Rationality in Health and Social Care Risk, sex and the very young mother Being old and pregnant Risk perception and coping with diabetes How people with learning difficulties and their carers manage freedom of the locality Risk management in the resettlement of adults with severe learning difficulties How family and professional carers appraise risk for people with dementia Care and protection for older people: their choice, not the professionals' Risk as an integral part of nursing Blood pressure measurement: risk and certainty in clinical nursing and midwifery contexts Part 3 New Perpectives on Risk Rationality in Health and Social Care Risk a nursing dilemma Child protection and the management of risk Risk management in community care: the case of mental illness Reconceptualising risk in health promotion practice
520			_aIncreased accountability means that health and social care professionals are having to pay greater attention to risk management. This book critically explores lay and professional understanding of health risks.
650			_aHEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT
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