Communicating health risks to the public : a global perspective / Dawn Hillier.

  • Hillier, Dawn, 1950-
Date:
[2006], ©2006
  • Books

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Publication/Creation

Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Gower, [2006], ©2006.

Physical description

xv, 145 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. [121]-137) and index.

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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  • LocationStatus
    Medical Collection
    WA590 2006C73c
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 0566086727
  • 9780566086724