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Societal perspectives on risk awareness and risk competence.
Journal article

Societal perspectives on risk awareness and risk competence.

  • Koller M Centre for Clinical Studies, University Hospital Regensburg, Germany.
  • Hoffrage U Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Lausanne, Switzerland.
  • 2015-07-22
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  • German medical science : GMS e-journal. - 2015
decision-making processes
freedom of choice
information culture
risk communication
risk minimisation
risk society
safety
Communication
Decision Making
Germany
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Humans
Legislation, Drug
Patient Safety
Phytotherapy
Risk Factors
English Medical risks can be assessed by objectifiable therapeutic features; however, these risks are also characterised to a considerable degree by individual and social values. People tend to strive towards both freedom as well as safety; in a medical context, these two aims are taken into account by shared decision-making models and by stricter regulations in the pharmaceutical sector. Media reports on medical risks are caught between providing information and economic interests, and this conflict particularly complicates rational discussions about unexpected risks (for instance, in the field of natural medicine). Thus, it is necessary to create the type of information culture which allows differentiating between real and less pronounced risks.
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  • English
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