Acceptable evidence : science and values in risk management /

'Acceptable Evidence' enters into how the discussions of science and values in risk management have largely focused on how values enter into arguments about risks, that is, issues of acceptable risk. Instead, this volume concentrates on how values enter into collecting, interpreting, commu...

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Gespeichert in:
Hauptverfasser:
Hollander, Rachelle D., Mayo, Deborah G.
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1994, c1991.
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
Zusammenfassung:
'Acceptable Evidence' enters into how the discussions of science and values in risk management have largely focused on how values enter into arguments about risks, that is, issues of acceptable risk. Instead, this volume concentrates on how values enter into collecting, interpreting, communicating and evaluating the evidence of risks, that is, issues of the acceptability of evidence of risk.
Umfang:
1 online resource (305 p.)
Anmerkungen:
Originally published: 1991.
Zielpublikum:
Specialized.
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-756055-5
9786610760480
1-280-76048-6
0-19-802284-0
0-19-535832-5
Schlagworte:
Risk management.
Technology > Risk assessment.
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