Risk and society : the interaction of science, technology, and public policy / edited by Marvin Waterstone.

Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, [1992], ©1992.

xix, 178 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

The social genesis of risks and hazards / Marvin Waterstone -- Risk analysis : a tool for policy decisions / William D. Rowe -- Scientists and agenda setting : advocacy and global warming / Helen Ingram, H. Brinton Milward and Wendy Laird -- Risk assessment and the communication of risk in a state health agency / Norman J. Petersen -- Modern medicine as a risk to society / Albert R. Jonsen -- Hazards of the American health care system : no treatment, under-treatment, and over-treatment / Deborah Mathieu -- When enough is enough : how to say no to technology / Theresa A. Cullen -- The future of the nuclear power industry in the United States / James K. Asselstine, with Susanna Eden and Marvin Waterstone.

On the public perception of nuclear risk / Morris Farr -- Nuclear power : is it worth the risk? / Ronald D. Milo -- Ozone pollution : the hard choices / Milton Russell -- Health and community issues involved in setting standards / Michael D. Lebowitz -- The abuses of risk assessment / David S. Baron.

Includes bibliographical references.