TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Three common beliefs that are impediments to injury prevention
JO  - Injury prevention
A1  - Hemenway, David A.
SP  - 290
EP  - 293
VL  - 19
IS  - 4
N2  - 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.    (term-accident-vs-injury)<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1353-8047
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2012-040507
ID  - ref1
ER  -