Communicating health risks to the public:a global perspective
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Published: |
Gower,
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Publisher Address: | Aldershot, England |
Publication Dates: | c2006. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | xiv, 145 p.: ill. ; 25 cm. |
ISBN: |
0566086727 (alk. paper) 9780566086724 (alk. paper) |
Index Number: | R1 |
CLC: | R1 |
Call Number: | R1/H654 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [121]-137) and index. View from the global village -- Cultural meaning of risk -- How do we perceive risks? -- The art and science of health risk communication -- The amplification of risk : styles and approaches to contemporary health risk communication -- Fast cars and cool cigarettes : resilience of risky behaviour in young people -- Risk communication and the media -- Social life of risk communication -- Communication shapes the world. |