risk of harm
collocation in Englishmeaningsofriskandharm
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risk
noun
uk/rɪsk/us/rɪsk/
the possibility of something ...
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harm
noun[U]
uk/hɑːm/us/hɑːrm/
physical or other injury ...
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(Definition ofriskandharmfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Predictedriskofharmwas 8.9/5.3 percent and 8.0/13.3 percent, respectively.
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Is exposing someone to an increasedriskofharmitself a harm?
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They have an obligation to protect donors qua patients fromriskofharm.
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From a western perspective, the "offering truth" method minimizes theriskofharm.
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Perhaps surprisingly, the natural lottery method compensates victims fully for bearing theriskofharm.
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The lack of staffing, skill-mix, training and services leaves the elderly people atriskofharm.
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In summary, when calculus involves individual benefit, versus institutionalriskofharm, the latter should take precedence.
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Unless the studies have scientific integrity and yield sound conclusions, even the slightestriskofharmcannot be justified.
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It simply says, "atriskofharm".
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There is noriskofharmin those circumstances.
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There, courts are required to consider theriskofharm.
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The issue is that, if the studies were done with full disclosure, there would be too great ariskofharmfor the subjects.
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To see this, consider cases where persons pose a greatriskofharmbut where they are unaware of this risk.
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Competent individuals should be allowed to choose enhancement for themselves and their children, provided that it does not entail a significantriskofharm.
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Most obviously, this will occur where such wrongs standardly cause or create ariskofharm, even if not in ever y instance.
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The proposed policy raises this risk/ benefit ratio of whether one should abstain from doing the good for the sake of avoiding theriskofharm.
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Concerning studies with at least 12 months of follow-up, there was no statistically significant mortality decrease and the predictedriskofharmis up to 12 percent.
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None of them is believed to have caused any significantriskofharmto any person.
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We shall consider whether there would be ariskofharmor undue distress.
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Analysis of this data produces the percentages for the level ofriskofharmshown in the table.
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We do not take lightly theriskofharmor undue distress to the children of the absent parent.
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If he accepts that there is ariskofharmor undue distress, he will lift the requirement.
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It says that information can be withheld where access would be likely to cause seriousriskofharm.
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The higher the blood alcohol level the greater theriskofharmensuing to the individual concerned.
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The grounds should rely solely on misconduct that harms a child or places a child atriskofharm.
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