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THE RISKS OF RISK ASSESSMENT<br />
ADVANCES IN PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT<br />
13, 4, 291-298, Guy Undrill – July 2007<br />
� A <strong>risk</strong> <strong>assessment</strong> is often a subjective, plastic <strong>and</strong> context<br />
dependent statement about a patient that carries strong<br />
moral overtones.<br />
� Uncerta<strong>in</strong>ty about the future is impossible to elim<strong>in</strong>ate<br />
� Risk of gett<strong>in</strong>g it wrong<br />
� Assessor m<strong>in</strong>imises anxiety <strong>in</strong> a rationally selfish way<br />
LD Spr<strong>in</strong>g One-Day Meet<strong>in</strong>g 30/03/2012
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