Promoting health: from data to decisions
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منابع مشابه
Role of scientific data in health decisions.
The distinction between reality and models or methodological assumptions is necessary for an understanding of the use of data--economic, technical or biological--in decision-making. The traditional modes of analysis used in decisions are discussed historically and analytically. Utilitarian-based concepts such as cost-benefit analysis and cannibalistic concepts such as "acceptable risk" are reje...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Public Health
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1464-360X,1101-1262
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckv173.031