Main Title |
Cancer risk communication : what we know and what we need to learn / |
Other Authors |
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Publisher |
The Institute, |
Year Published |
1999 |
OCLC Number |
42694600 |
ISBN |
9780199224760; 0199224765 |
Subjects |
Health risk communication--United States--Congresses ;
Communication in medicine--United States--Congresses ;
Cancer--Risk factors--United States--Congresses ;
Neoplasms ;
Cáncer--Factores de riesgo ;
Comunicación en medicina ;
Neoplasms--Congresses ;
Risk--Congresses ;
Communication--Congresses
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Internet Access |
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
EJEM |
RC268.48.C373 1999 |
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OCSPP Chemical Library/Washington,DC |
12/03/1999 |
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Collation |
185 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm. |
Notes |
Based on a conference held at the National Cancer Institute. Includes bibliographical references. |
Contents Notes |
Cancer risk communication meeting in perspective -- Workshop keynote address -- Introduction of section: challenges inherent in communicating cancer risk information -- Why (cancer) risk communication can be hard -- Improving cancer risk communication: a discussion of Fischhoff -- What does it mean to understand a risk? Evaluating risk comprehension -- Introduction of section: Overarching considerations in risk communications: romancing the message -- Communicating health risk to ethnic groups: reaching Hispanics as a case study -- Dealing with competing and conflicting risks in cancer communication -- New directions for risk communication research: a discussion with additional suggestions -- Introduction of section: enabling informed decisions about cancer risk -- Treating people with information: an analysis and review of approaches to communicating health risk information -- Cancer screening decisions -- Risk communication in genetic testing for cancer susceptibility -- Decision aids for patients considering options affecting cancer outcomes: evidence of efficacy and policy implications -- Population risk, actual risk, perceived risk, and cancer control: a discussion -- Matching strength of message to strength of evidence: a discussion -- Introduction of section: persuasion for the purpose of cancer risk reduction: understanding responses to risk communications -- Effect of risk communication on risk perceptions: the significance of individual differences -- Risk perception and risk communication for cancer screening behaviors: a review -- Persuasion for the purpose of cancer risk reduction: a discussion -- Introduction of section: implications for improving risk communication through various channels -- Risk communication in clinical practice: putting cancer in context -- Interactive multimedia and risk communication -- Is there a use for tailored print communications in cancer risk communication? -- Visual communication of risk -- Risky business -- Communicating scientific findings to the public -- Living can be hazardous to your health: how the news media cover cancer risks -- Communicating cancer risk in print journalism -- Challenges to improving health risk communication in the 21st century: a discussion -- Implications for improving risk communication through various channels: a discussion -- Introduction of section: breakout session reports -- Cancer risk communication-what we need to learn -- Cancer risk communication-what we know. |