Abstract
This paper argues the case for health professionals to discontinue the use of the term "accident" when referring to unintentional injury events. It is argued that use of the term "accident" is counter-productive to preventive measures.
- Record Identifier
- 9926478833901891
- Title
- The need to discontinue the use of the term "accident" when referring to unintentional injury events
- Creators
- J.D. Langley
- Publication Details
- Accident Analysis and Prevention, Vol.20(1), pp.1-8
- Academic Unit
- Psychology; Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Research Unit (DMHDRU)
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Date published ; e-published
- 1988
- Copyright
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- Date copyright
- 1988
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- Language
- English
- Resource Type ; Subtype
- Journal article
- Format
- application/pdf