The phrase "a function of harm" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing the relationship between variables, particularly in fields like science, mathematics, or social sciences where harm is being analyzed as a dependent variable.
Example: "The study aimed to determine the function of harm in relation to exposure to toxic substances."
Alternatives: "a measure of harm" or "an indicator of harm".
Efficacy is one's ability to negate the harm, a function of the effectiveness of a potential response in negating the harm (response efficacy) and one's capability to enact that response (self-efficacy).
Figure 4 shows a dramatic drop in the decision threshold as a function of the ratio between benefit and harms, which is derived from empirically obtained evidence.
Standardizing information provision and making sure that all relevant benefits and harms are discussed with each individual patient would not only help to meet patients' information needs, it would also promote a process of shared decision making about radiotherapy, in which treatment decisions are a function of individual patients' weighing of benefits and harms.
Rather, the harm done would be a function of the way in which the Treasury market is the risk-free vaseline which greases the entire financial system.
However, benefit-to-harm ratios differ as a function of individual patient characteristics due to variation between patients who fulfil the licensing criteria for treatment.
The question is whether the harm is real or just a function of the belief.
The rates of harmful drinking in a given country are a function of many factors, including financial cost, cultural norms [ 8- 11] and beliefs about alcohol-related harm [ 3].
Most cannabis users do little harm to themselves or others, except by funding organised crime, a function of illegality.
All of the harm and horror associated with the drug issue that Mr. Elizondo wrote of are really a function of prohibition.
Literature on both the emotion regulating and experientially avoidant function of self-harm and the role of emotional dysfunction in BPD provided the rationale for developing a group intervention targeting emotion dysregulation among self-harming women with BPD.
