Protecting the public's health during novel infectious disease outbreaks / Louise Cummings.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cummings, Louise, author.

Series:

Elements in health communication 2754-1045.

Cambridge elements. Elements in health communication, 2754-1045

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communicable diseases.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (61 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2024.

Summary:

"This Element examines the emergence of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in British cattle and the COVID-19 pandemic. It contends that a group of arguments called the informal fallacies functioned as cognitive heuristics and facilitated public health reasoning during both crises. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Historical prelude : Kuru and the Fore people of Papua New Guinea

The discovery of a new infectious agent and a new TSE

The emergence of a new brain disease in cattle

Assessing and communicating the human health risks posed by BSE

Getting closer to the fallacies

New challenges : The COVID-19 pandemic

Implications

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 27 Sep 2024).

Open Access.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

9781009342643

1009342649

9781009342674

1009342673

9781009342667

1009342665