Description
The authors of Confronting Public Health Risks provide case examples and specific tools for analyzing and dealing with serious health hazards. The book includes six case studies from the areas of environmental health, occupational health and the AIDS epidemic. Each case study is followed by a discussion of a key issue involved and the links that exist with other cases covered in the book.
Read More
In their analysis of six case studies (two each from environmental and occupational health, and the AIDS epidemic based on the authors' research from 1990-92), six contributors trace the genealogy of these public health risks, friction between the public's concerns and scientists' agenda, and professional intervention outcomes. Follow-up discussion to each study focuses on a key issue to the value-laden activity of risk confrontation. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
Read Less