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Acceptable risks : politics, policy, and risky technologies / C.F. Larry Heimann.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Heimann, C. F. Larry (Clarence Fredrick)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Technology--Risk assessment.
- Technology.
- United States. Food and Drug Administration.
- United States.
- United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (203 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c1997.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The control of the use of beneficial but potentially dangerous technologies by the FDA and NASA.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1. Understanding Agency Failure
- Chapter 2. Reliable Decision Making and the Influence of Political Incentives
- Chapter 3. Shifting Political Incentives at NASA and the FDA
- Chapter 4. Organizational Structure and the Design of Reliable Systems
- Chapter 5. Subordinate Expertise and Reliable Organizations
- Chapter 6. Systems versus Components: Seeking Greater Reliability at NASA and the FDA
- Chapter 7. Acceptable Risks
- References
- Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-183) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-69566-5
- 9786612695667
- 0-472-02326-8
- OCLC:
- 613192833
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