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catalog abstract "In the spring of 1996, when numerous reports of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, popularly known as "mad cow disease", coincided with an outbreak of a similar neuropathological disease in humans, a panic spread across Britain, Europe, and subsequently to the United States. Described as "the biggest crisis the European Union ever had", the mad cow controversy would raise important issues about the ways in which risks to the public health are assessed, disseminated, and controlled. Was the "epidemic" merely a failure of management, the lessons of which could be incorporated into a new strategy for dealing with public anxiety? Was it an isolated case of poor decision-making in a highly volatile economic sector, or was it the kind of nightmare that could face any Government responsible for public safety? And what role did the media play in exacerbating an already spiraling crisis? Divided into four major sections - "Scientific/Historical Perspectives"; "Politics as Health"; "Understanding the Crisis"; and "Lessons and Possibilities"--Mad Cow Crisis: Health and the Public Good assembles the perspectives of a range of experts on this strange and frightening phenomenon, with a view to helping us comprehend how and why such crises occur. Both a careful consideration of how we interpret risk and uncertainty and a step-by-step guide to managing public fear, this important book will interest anyone concerned with public health, communication, science, economics, and medicine.".
catalog contributor b10678751.
catalog created "c1998.".
catalog date "1998".
catalog date "c1998.".
catalog dateCopyrighted "c1998.".
catalog description "(Continued)The politics of BSE: negotiating the public's health / Catherine Goethals, Scott C. Ratzan and Veronica Demko -- Protecting health; can the UK do better? / Simon Hughes -- Madness, metaphores and miscommunication: the rhetorical life of mad cow disease / Joan Leach -- Media coverage of the mad cow issue : i. introduction / J. Gregory Payne ; ii. an analysis of media coverage of the BSE crisis in Britain / Daniel Dornbusch ; iii. an analysis of media coverage of the BSE crisis in the United States / Veronica Demko -- Avoiding, averting and managing crisis : a checklist for the future / Michael A. Chamberlain -- Farming with nature: a solutions-oriented stratagy / Dawn Hopkins and Marcie Everett-Weber -- Stratagies for attaining public health / Scott Ratzan -- Appendices -- Afterward -- Notes on contributors -- Index.".
catalog description "BSE: a veterinary history / Lester M. Crawford -- Transmissability of BSE across species / Terri L. Harpold, Michael L. Levy and Bradley D. Savage -- Sheep to cows to man: a history of TSEs / Eve Brouwer -- Can the spread of of BSE and CJD be predicted? / Steven Dealler -- Chronic uncertainty and BSE communications: lessons from (and limits of) decision theory / Paul Anand -- BSE and CJD: recent developments / Tim Lang -- Mad cows and Englishmen / Ian Wylie -- BSE: a tragedy is punlic health in reverse / Dick Mayon-White.".
catalog description "In the spring of 1996, when numerous reports of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, popularly known as "mad cow disease", coincided with an outbreak of a similar neuropathological disease in humans, a panic spread across Britain, Europe, and subsequently to the United States. Described as "the biggest crisis the European Union ever had", the mad cow controversy would raise important issues about the ways in which risks to the public health are assessed, disseminated, and controlled. Was the "epidemic" merely a failure of management, the lessons of which could be incorporated into a new strategy for dealing with public anxiety? Was it an isolated case of poor decision-making in a highly volatile economic sector, or was it the kind of nightmare that could face any Government responsible for public safety? And what role did the media play in exacerbating an already spiraling crisis? Divided into four major sections - "Scientific/Historical Perspectives"; "Politics as Health"; "Understanding the Crisis"; and "Lessons and Possibilities"--Mad Cow Crisis: Health and the Public Good assembles the perspectives of a range of experts on this strange and frightening phenomenon, with a view to helping us comprehend how and why such crises occur. Both a careful consideration of how we interpret risk and uncertainty and a step-by-step guide to managing public fear, this important book will interest anyone concerned with public health, communication, science, economics, and medicine.".
catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
catalog extent "xii, 247 p. :".
catalog hasFormat "Mad cow crisis.".
catalog identifier "0814775101 (hbk.)".
catalog identifier "081477511X (pbk.)".
catalog isFormatOf "Mad cow crisis.".
catalog issued "1998".
catalog issued "c1998.".
catalog language "eng".
catalog publisher "Washington Square, N.Y. : New York University Press,".
catalog relation "Mad cow crisis.".
catalog spatial "Great Britain.".
catalog subject "362.1/9683 21".
catalog subject "Attitude to Health.".
catalog subject "Bovine spongiform encephalopathy Political aspects.".
catalog subject "Bovine spongiform encephalopathy Social aspects.".
catalog subject "Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome etiology.".
catalog subject "Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome.".
catalog subject "Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease Political aspects.".
catalog subject "Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease Social aspects.".
catalog subject "Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform epidemiology Great Britain.".
catalog subject "Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform.".
catalog subject "Food Industry Great Britain.".
catalog subject "Food Microbiology.".
catalog subject "Mass Media.".
catalog subject "Mass media in health education.".
catalog subject "Public Health Great Britain.".
catalog subject "RA644.P93 M33 1998".
catalog subject "WL 300 M178 1998".
catalog tableOfContents "(Continued)The politics of BSE: negotiating the public's health / Catherine Goethals, Scott C. Ratzan and Veronica Demko -- Protecting health; can the UK do better? / Simon Hughes -- Madness, metaphores and miscommunication: the rhetorical life of mad cow disease / Joan Leach -- Media coverage of the mad cow issue : i. introduction / J. Gregory Payne ; ii. an analysis of media coverage of the BSE crisis in Britain / Daniel Dornbusch ; iii. an analysis of media coverage of the BSE crisis in the United States / Veronica Demko -- Avoiding, averting and managing crisis : a checklist for the future / Michael A. Chamberlain -- Farming with nature: a solutions-oriented stratagy / Dawn Hopkins and Marcie Everett-Weber -- Stratagies for attaining public health / Scott Ratzan -- Appendices -- Afterward -- Notes on contributors -- Index.".
catalog tableOfContents "BSE: a veterinary history / Lester M. Crawford -- Transmissability of BSE across species / Terri L. Harpold, Michael L. Levy and Bradley D. Savage -- Sheep to cows to man: a history of TSEs / Eve Brouwer -- Can the spread of of BSE and CJD be predicted? / Steven Dealler -- Chronic uncertainty and BSE communications: lessons from (and limits of) decision theory / Paul Anand -- BSE and CJD: recent developments / Tim Lang -- Mad cows and Englishmen / Ian Wylie -- BSE: a tragedy is punlic health in reverse / Dick Mayon-White.".
catalog title "The mad cow crisis : health and the public good / edited by Scott C. Ratzan.".
catalog type "text".