基本説明
New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 1999.
Full Description
Controversies about risks to public health regularly hit the news, whether about food safety, environmental issues, medical interventions, or "lifestyle" risks such as drinking. To those trying to manage or regulate risks, public reactions sometimes seem bizarre. To the public, the behaviour of those supposedly "in charge" can seem no less odd. Trust is currently at a premium. This new paperback edition of Risk Communication and Public Health brings together a wide variety of perspectives on risk communication, from the health professions, academia, campaigning organisations, government and its advisory committees, independent consultancies and think tanks. It should be of interest not only to those involved in risk assessment or communication but to anyone interested in the role of science and the media in the political process, and how one bit of "the system" is responding to demands for greater openness and participation.
While each chapter is self- contained, the discussion moves progressively through: an introduction to risk communication as a topic of research studies of prominent cases and the lessons to be drawn from them contributions to the wider debate about procedures, power and institutions proposals for promoting "good practice" in risk communication, in Government, the Health Service and elsewhere.
Contents
Readership Primary markets: health professionals, both scientific and administrative health & health service managers communications staff (public and private sector) consumer / food / environmental groups pharmaceutical industry risk analysts / researchers / consultants others promoting "public understanding of science" academics (as under "students" below). Secondary markets: should appeal to general readership for "popular science" - typical New Scientist reader students - medical, politics / political science, environmental studies etc, social sciences, psychology, media studies OUP rights World
