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A review of risk perception and communication principles highlights their importance in anaesthesia practice, including career choice, critical incidents, and informed consent.
This review highlights the importance of understanding risk perception and effective risk communication in anaesthesia practice and informed consent.
Highlights need for risk communication training in anaesthesia; leaves open optimal strategies for consent and incidents.
This review begins by outlining the history of probability theory, exposing cultural differences between scientists and lay people in the way risks are viewed. The basic principles of the science of risk perception are described, and the various methods of communicating risk in health care, both verbal and numerical, are then discussed critically. These concepts are then applied to the practice of anaesthesia. Risk perception may affect anaesthetists' choice of career and may be involved in the genesis and evolution of critical incidents; we also discuss possibilities for training in risk perception issues. The place of risk communication in informed consent and its ethical implications are discussed.
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Adams et al. (2001) conducted a review in Anaesthesia practice. A review of risk perception and communication principles highlights their importance in anaesthesia practice, including career choice, critical incidents, and informed consent.
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