Mad Cow Crisis

Health And The Public Good

Buch | Softcover

260 Seiten

1998
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-85728-812-4 (ISBN)

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The announcement that BOSER may cause a fatal human disease caused enormous media attention and aroused public alarm. This book looks at the crisis from the viewpoint of vets, journalists, policy makers, politicians and the beef industry and looks at key reports from governing bodies.

The announcement that BOSER might cause a fatal human disease "Creutzfeldt- Jacob disease CJD" triggered enormous media attention, public alarm and government wrangling that threatened the future of European integration.; As Scott Ratzan argues: "It is my belief that the [BOSER crisis] represents a quintessential case that will go down in history as the Exxon Valdez Union Carbide's Bhopal accident, and other such cases of interdisciplinary study".; This book offers lessons learned from the crisis, with contributions from experts with different viewpoints - veterinarians, Eurocrats, public relations experts, politicians, policy- makers, journalists and representatives of the beef industry.; It also offers a compilation of the key reports from governmental bodies. as a case-study in policy-making, scientific/health discovery and dissemination of information, as well as looking at the issues from the perspective of psychology and media studies.

Ratzan, Scott

Preface, Acknowledgments, Introduction, Part I: Scientific/Historical Perspectives, Chapter 1. BSE: A Veterinary History, Chapter 2. Transmissibility of BSE Across Species, Chapter 3. Sheep to Cows to Man: A History of TSEs, Chapter 4. Can the Spread of BSE and CJD be Predicted?, Chapter 5. Chronic Uncertainty and BSE Communications: Lessons from (and Limits of) Decision Theory, Part II: Politics as Health, Chapter 6. BSE and CJD: Recent Developments, Chapter 7. Mad Cows and Englishmen, Chapter 8. BSE: A Tragedy is Public Health in Reverse, Chapter 9. The Politics of BSE: Negotiating the Public’s Health, Chapter 10. Protecting Health: Can the UK do Better?, Part III: Understanding the Crisis, Chapter 11. Madness, Metaphors and Miscommunication: The Rhetorical Life of Mad Cow Disease, Chapter 12. Media Coverage of the Mad Cow Issue, Part IV: Lessons and Possibilities, Chapter 13. Avoiding, Averting and Managing Crisis: A Checklist for the Future, Chapter 14. Farming with Nature: A Solutions-Oriented Strategy, Chapter 15. Strategies for Attaining Public Health, Appendices, Afterword, Notes on Contributors, Index

Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	498 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe ► Hebamme / Entbindungspfleger
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Infektiologie / Immunologie
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
	Technik
	Veterinärmedizin ► Großtier
ISBN-10	1-85728-812-2 / 1857288122
ISBN-13	978-1-85728-812-4 / 9781857288124
Zustand	Neuware