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Citation

Hemenway DA. Inj. Prev. 2013; 19(4): 290-293.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1136/injuryprev-2012-040507

PMID

23024167

Abstract

Three common beliefs that are impediments to injury prevention are: (1) the optimistic belief that nothing bad is going to happen, especially to me ('it will never happen to me'); (2) the fatalistic belief that, if something bad does happen, nothing could have been done to prevent it ('accidents happen'); and (3) the moralistic belief that if the injury happens to someone else (eg, you), you probably deserved it-so do not blame me or expect that I should have done anything to help prevent it ('blaming the victim'). On-line blogs and comments are used to illustrate these beliefs. Counter-arguments are discussed.

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Language: en

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