Risk and Society: The Interaction of Science, Technology and Public PolicyM Waterstone Springer Science & Business Media, 2012 M12 6 - 179 páginas Life in the last quarter of the twentieth century presents a baffling array of complex issues. The benefits of technology are arrayed against the risks and hazards of those same technological marvels (frequently, though not always, arising as side effects or by-products). This confrontation poses very difficult choices for individuals as well as for those charged with making public policy. Some of the most challenging of these issues result because of the ability of technological innovation and deployment to outpace the capacity of institutions to assess and evaluate implications. In many areas, the rate of technological advance has now far outstripped the capabilities of institutional monitoring and control. While there are many instances in which technological advance occurs without adverse consequences (and in fact, yields tremendous benefits), frequently the advent of a major innovation brings a wide array of unforeseen and (to some) undesirable effects. This problem is exacerbated as the interval between the initial development of a technology and its deployment is shortened, since the opportunity for cautious appraisal is decreased. |
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... exposure . Mr. Petersen received a B.S. degree in civil engineering from the University of Wisconsin , and a S.M. degree in radiologic health from Harvard University . Before joining the Arizona Department of Health Services in 1983 ...
... exposure . Mr. Petersen received a B.S. degree in civil engineering from the University of Wisconsin , and a S.M. degree in radiologic health from Harvard University . Before joining the Arizona Department of Health Services in 1983 ...
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... exposures ) . All of the foregoing have at least three major elements in common . First , all are generated as the result of advances in technology , either as an initiating agent ( i.e. , a particular technology is the direct cause of ...
... exposures ) . All of the foregoing have at least three major elements in common . First , all are generated as the result of advances in technology , either as an initiating agent ( i.e. , a particular technology is the direct cause of ...
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... exposure , and do not often mobilize the technological response apparatus brought into place for the extraordinary ... exposed to them , usually without their knowledge or consent . These are the risks which arise from the " normal ...
... exposure , and do not often mobilize the technological response apparatus brought into place for the extraordinary ... exposed to them , usually without their knowledge or consent . These are the risks which arise from the " normal ...
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... exposure of service personnel to unwarranted risks is provided by Uhl and Ensign ( 1980 ) . This account focuses on the exposure of GIS to nuclear radiation ( during atomic testing ) and deadly herbicides ( including Agent Orange ) ...
... exposure of service personnel to unwarranted risks is provided by Uhl and Ensign ( 1980 ) . This account focuses on the exposure of GIS to nuclear radiation ( during atomic testing ) and deadly herbicides ( including Agent Orange ) ...
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M Waterstone. cise numbers of GIs who were exposed to defoliants in the Vietnam war , estimates run to the tens of thousands . The original lawsuit on behalf of exposed veterans was a class action which asked the court to certify as a ...
M Waterstone. cise numbers of GIs who were exposed to defoliants in the Vietnam war , estimates run to the tens of thousands . The original lawsuit on behalf of exposed veterans was a class action which asked the court to certify as a ...
Contenido
A Tool for Policy Decisions 17 | 16 |
CHAPTER 2 | 33 |
CHAPTER 3 | 54 |
CHAPTER 5 | 61 |
Modern Medicine as a Risk to Society 63 | 62 |
CHAPTER 6 | 90 |
CHAPTER 8 | 121 |
CHAPTER 10 | 137 |
The Hard Choices 139 | 162 |
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Risk and Society: The Interaction of Science, Technology and Public Policy M Waterstone Vista previa limitada - 1991 |
Risk and Society: The Interaction of Science, Technology and Public Policy M Waterstone Sin vista previa disponible - 2012 |
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