The relationships between health, the scientific approach in medicine and concepts of epidemiology underlie theoretical and cultural attitudes of the nature of behavior and health risks. Medical tests that diagnose risk factors are thought to be predictive of disease. Physicians employ these tests to more accurately assess the health of their patients and convince their charges to change their behaviors. Communication of newly described risk factors is challenging for both physicians and patients as each party negotiates
modifications of behavior and perceptions of reality.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/110193 |
| Date | January 1998 |
| Creators | Tillquist, Christopher R. |
| Publisher | University of Arizona, Department of Anthropology |
| Source Sets | University of Arizona |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Article |
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