Taking responsibility or averting risk? A socio-cultural approach to risk and trust in private health insurance decisions

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Willis, Karen. (2008). Taking responsibility or averting risk? A socio-cultural approach to risk and trust in private health insurance decisions. Health Risk and Society. 10(4), pp. 399 - 411. https://doi.org/10.1080/13698570802167413

Authors	Willis, Karen
Year	2008
Journal	Health Risk and Society
Journal citation	10 (4), pp. 399 - 411
Publisher	Routledge
ISSN	1369-8575
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)	https://doi.org/10.1080/13698570802167413
Scopus EID	2-s2.0-51649108900
Page range	399 - 411
Place of publication	United Kingdom

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