‘It’s just statistics … I’m kind of a glass half-full sort of guy’: the challenge of differing doctor-patient perspectives in the context of electronically mediated cardiovascular risk management

Catherine O'Grady, Bindu Patel, Sally Candlin, Christopher N. Candlin, David Peiris, Tim Usherwood

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    Abstract

    Best practice guidelines for the prevention and management of cardiovascular disease recommend that management decisions be informed by estimation of a patient’s ‘absolute risk’ of a cardiovascular event over time. Such a risk calculation is based on a combination of non-modifiable factors such as age and gender and modifiable factors that include blood pressure, lipids, diabetes, body mass index (BMI), tobacco smoking, alcohol use, unhealthy diet, physical inactivity, and psychosocial stress.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationCommunicating risk
    EditorsJonathan Crichton, Christopher N. Candlin, Arthur S. Firkins
    Place of PublicationHoundmills, Basingstoke
    PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
    Pages285-303
    Number of pages19
    ISBN (Print)9781349556595
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2016

    Publication series

    NamePalgrave studies in professional and organizational discourse
    PublisherPalgrave Macmillan

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