The mad cow crisis : health and the public good / edited by Scott C. Ratzan.
| Other author | Ratzan, Scott C. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Washington Square, N.Y. : New York University Press, ©1998. |
| Description | xii, 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 note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 97038913 |
| ISBN | 0814775101 (hbk.) |
| ISBN | 081477511X (pbk.) |