Communicating health risks to the public [electronic resource] : a global perspective / Dawn Hillier.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Gower, c2006.Description: xiv, 145 p. : illSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 362.1 22
LOC classification:
  • RA423.2 .H55 2006eb
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Contents:
View from the global village -- Cultural meaning of risk -- How do we perceive risks? -- The art and science of health risk communication -- The amplification of risk : styles and approaches to contemporary health risk communication -- Fast cars and cool cigarettes : resilience of risky behaviour in young people -- Risk communication and the media -- Social life of risk communication -- Communication shapes the world.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [121]-137) and index.

View from the global village -- Cultural meaning of risk -- How do we perceive risks? -- The art and science of health risk communication -- The amplification of risk : styles and approaches to contemporary health risk communication -- Fast cars and cool cigarettes : resilience of risky behaviour in young people -- Risk communication and the media -- Social life of risk communication -- Communication shapes the world.

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