Risk communication and public health / edited by Peter Bennett and Kenneth Calman.

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [1999], ©1999.

xxiv, 272 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

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 ... [et al.] -- 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 identifcation 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.

Includes bibliographic references and index