The mad cow crisis : health and the public good / edited by Scott C. Ratzan.

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Contributors: Ratzan, Scott C.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington Square, N.Y. : New York University Press, [1998]
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Table of Contents:
  • BSE : a veterinary history / Lester M. Crawford
  • Transmissibility of BSE across species / Terri L. Harpold, Michael L. Levy and Bradley D. Savage
  • Sheep to cows to man : a history of TSEs / Eve Brouwer
  • Can the spread of BSE and CJD be predicted? / Steven Dealler
  • Chronic uncertainty and BSE communications : lessons from (and limits of) decision theory / Paul Anand
  • BSE and CJD : recent developments / Tim Lang
  • Mad cows and Englishmen / Ian Wylie
  • BSE : a tragedy is public health in reverse / Dick Mayon-White
  • Politics of BSE : negotiating the public's health / Catherine Goethals, Scott C. Ratzan and Veronica Demko
  • Protecting health : can the UK do better? / Simon Hughes
  • Madness, metaphors and miscommunication : the rhetorical life of mad cow disease / Joan Leach
  • Media coverage of the mad cow issue: Introduction / J. Gregory Payne. Analysis of media coverage of the BSE crisis in Britain / Daniel Dornbusch. Analysis of media coverage of the BSE crisis in the United States / Veronica Demko
  • Avoiding, averting and managing crisis : a checklist for the future / Michael A. Chamberlain
  • Farming with nature : a solutions-oriented strategy / Dawn Hopkins and Marcie Everett-Weber
  • Strategies for attaining public health / Scott C. Ratzan.