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- catalog abstract ""Risk communication and public health brings together a wide variety of perspectives on risk communication, from the health professions, campaigning organizations, government and its advisory committees, academia, consultancies, and think tanks. The book should be of interest not only to those involved in risk assessment and risk communication but also 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."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11221102.
- catalog contributor b11221103.
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description ""Risk communication and public health brings together a wide variety of perspectives on risk communication, from the health professions, campaigning organizations, government and its advisory committees, academia, consultancies, and think tanks. The book should be of interest not only to those involved in risk assessment and risk communication but also 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."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "pt. 1. Research perspectives: what do we know and where are the frontiers? Understanding responses to risk: some basic findings / Peter Bennett -- Public risk perceptions and risk communication / Lynn J. Frewer -- Public reactions to risk: social structures, images of science, and the role of trust / Ian H. Langford, Claire Marris, Timothy O'Riordan -- Public and professional perceptions of environmental and health risks / Emma Green [and others] -- Public health communication and the social amplification of risks: present knowledge and future prospects / Nick Pidgeon, Karen Henwood, Bryan Maguire. pt. 2. Lessons from prominent cases. The media and trust: E coli and other cases / Hugh Pennington -- The British government's handling of risk: some reflections on the BSE/CJD crisis / Robert J. Maxwell -- Experiences in risk communication / Ronan A. Lyons, Dorothy Wright -- Benchmarking in government: case studies and principles / Tony Taig. pt. 3. Institutional issues: some perspectives. Perception of risk--is the public probably right? / David Fisk -- The recent excitement over genetically-modified foods / Derek Burke -- Political risk culture: not just a communication failure / Ian E. Taylor -- Consumers and risk / Sheila McKechnie, Sue Davies -- Negotiating risks to public health: models for participation / Anna Coote, Jane Franklin -- The identification and management of risk: opening up the process / David Coles. pt. 4. Pulling the threads together. Risk communication as a decision process / Peter Bennett, David Coles, Anne McDonald -- Risk communication in government and the private sector: wider observations / Tony Taig -- The relationships between the media, public beliefs, and policy-making / David Miller, Sally Macintyre --Improving risk communications: scenario-based workshops / Simon French, John Maule -- Learning from experience: the need for systematic evaluation methods / Simon Gerrard.".
- catalog extent "xxiv, 272 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0192630377 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Oxford medical publications".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog subject "1999 I-071".
- catalog subject "362/.1 21".
- catalog subject "Communication in medicine Congresses.".
- catalog subject "Communication".
- catalog subject "Health risk assessment Congresses.".
- catalog subject "Health risk communication Congresses.".
- catalog subject "Public Health".
- catalog subject "Public health Congresses.".
- catalog subject "RA423.2 .R55 1999".
- catalog subject "Risk Management".
- catalog subject "WA 525 R595 1999".
- catalog tableOfContents "pt. 1. Research perspectives: what do we know and where are the frontiers? Understanding responses to risk: some basic findings / Peter Bennett -- Public risk perceptions and risk communication / Lynn J. Frewer -- Public reactions to risk: social structures, images of science, and the role of trust / Ian H. Langford, Claire Marris, Timothy O'Riordan -- Public and professional perceptions of environmental and health risks / Emma Green [and others] -- Public health communication and the social amplification of risks: present knowledge and future prospects / Nick Pidgeon, Karen Henwood, Bryan Maguire. pt. 2. Lessons from prominent cases. The media and trust: E coli and other cases / Hugh Pennington -- The British government's handling of risk: some reflections on the BSE/CJD crisis / Robert J. Maxwell -- Experiences in risk communication / Ronan A. Lyons, Dorothy Wright -- Benchmarking in government: case studies and principles / Tony Taig. pt. 3. Institutional issues: some perspectives. Perception of risk--is the public probably right? / David Fisk -- The recent excitement over genetically-modified foods / Derek Burke -- Political risk culture: not just a communication failure / Ian E. Taylor -- Consumers and risk / Sheila McKechnie, Sue Davies -- Negotiating risks to public health: models for participation / Anna Coote, Jane Franklin -- The identification and management of risk: opening up the process / David Coles. pt. 4. Pulling the threads together. Risk communication as a decision process / Peter Bennett, David Coles, Anne McDonald -- Risk communication in government and the private sector: wider observations / Tony Taig -- The relationships between the media, public beliefs, and policy-making / David Miller, Sally Macintyre --Improving risk communications: scenario-based workshops / Simon French, John Maule -- Learning from experience: the need for systematic evaluation methods / Simon Gerrard.".
- catalog title "Risk communication and public health / edited by Peter Bennett and Kenneth Calman.".
- catalog type "Conference proceedings. fast".
- catalog type "Congresses".
- catalog type "text".