‘Why worry about something you can’t control?’ Negotiated risk, longevity and health behaviours

• Published in: Health (London, England : 1997) Vol. 21; no. 3; pp. 259 - 277
• Main Authors: Llewellyn, Rebecca, Cunningham, Wayne, Jaye, Chrystal, Young, Jessica, Egan, Richard, Radue, Peter
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England Sage Publications, Ltd 01.05.2017; SAGE Publications; Sage Publications Ltd
• Subjects: Aged; Aging - psychology; Attitude to Death; Death & dying; Death attitudes; Family Health; Female; Health Behavior; Humans; Interviews as Topic; Life Style; Lifestyles; Longevity; Male; Middle Aged; New Zealand; Older people; Patients; Qualitative Research; Risk Assessment; Risk-Taking; Self-efficacy; Young adults; ageing and life course; health; risk and health; dying and bereavement; death

While we know about lay attitudes towards death and dying, we understand little about the ways people estimate their overall personal risk of life-limiting disease and/or death. This study contributes to the limited literature on lay longevity reckonings, with a particular focus on how these reckoni...