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

Other author Ratzan, Scott C.
Format Book
Publication InfoWashington Square, N.Y. : New York University Press, ©1998.
Descriptionxii, 247 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 97038913
ISBN0814775101 (hbk.)
ISBN081477511X (pbk.)