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

Title
The mad cow crisis : health and the public good / edited by Scott C. Ratzan.
Publication
Washington Square, N.Y. : New York University Press, [1998], ©1998.

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Ratzan, Scott C.
Description
xii, 247 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
  • Pt. I. Scientific/Historical Perspectives. Ch. 1. BSE: A Veterinary History / Lester M. Crawford. Ch. 2. Transmissibility of BSE Across Species / Terri L. Harpold, Michael L. Levy and Bradley D. Savage. Ch. 3. Sheep to Cows to Man: A History of TSEs / Eve Brouwer. Ch. 4. Can the Spread of BSE and CJD be Predicted? / Steven Dealler. Ch. 5. Chronic Uncertainty and BSE Communications: Lessons from (and Limits of) Decision Theory / Paul Anand -- Pt. II. Politics as Health. Ch. 6. BSE and CJD: Recent Developments / Tim Lang. Ch. 7. Mad Cows and Englishmen / Ian Wylie. Ch. 8. BSE: A Tragedy is Public Health in Reverse / Dick Mayon-White. Ch. 9. The Politics of BSE: Negotiating the Public's Health / Catherine Goethals, Scott C. Ratzan and Veronica Demko. Ch. 10. Protecting Health: Can the UK do Better? / Simon Hughes -- Pt. III. Understanding the Crisis. Ch. 11. Madness, Metaphors and Miscommunication: The Rhetorical Life of Mad Cow Disease / Joan Leach.
  • Ch. 12. Media Coverage of the Mad Cow Issue. i. Introduction / J. Gregory Payne. ii. An Analysis of Media Coverage of the BSE Crisis in Britain / Daniel Dornbusch. iii. An Analysis of Media Coverage of the BSE Crisis in the United States / Veronica Demko -- Pt. IV. Lessons and Possibilities. Ch. 13. Avoiding, Averting and Managing Crisis: A Checklist for the Future / Michael A. Chamberlain. Ch. 14. Farming with Nature: A Solutions-Oriented Strategy / Dawn Hopkins and Marcie Everett-Weber. Ch. 15. Strategies for Attaining Public Health / Scott C. Ratzan.
ISBN
  • 0814775101 (hbk.)
  • 081477511X (pbk.)
LCCN
97038913
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries