Living with risk : the British Medical Association guide
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Living with risk : the British Medical Association guide
（A Wiley medical publication）
Wiley, c1987
Available at 2 libraries
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A Wiley medical publication published on behalf of the British Medical Association by John Wiley & Sons
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Nothing in life is safe. People assess risks and make decisions about them constantly - travel, eating, sport and health care. Because our senses let us down and our sources of information are frequently unreliable, many of us simply react in a state of alarm to newspaper and television reports. Many of us ask our doctors for guidance. Accurate perception of risk is critically important in our world today. Different human values influence perceptions of risk but individuals and communities must agree on the criteria to be used in measuring risk. We should aim to manage risk so that we achieve the maximum benefit with the minimum of ill effects. The BMA has produced this book of facts about risk because risk touches every single aspect of health and welfare. The book is packed with information, arguments and examples. It concentrates on risk to the individual, on major hazards which affect us all, as well as a wide range of lesser risks of particular public concern or personal importance.
As well as being a fascinating discourse on risk incidence, the book constitutes a very powerful message in health promotion which will guarantee its place on the bookshelf of every doctor and health care professional, and bring it to the forefront of public attention and interest.
Table of Contents
- HISTORY AND BACKGROUND: The Times are Changing
- THE NATURE OF RISK
- THE MEASUREMENT OF RISK: Risk Assessment
- The Prediction of Risk
- Uncertainties in Risk Estimation
- MAIN CAUSES OF DEATH: Heart and Circulatory Disease
- Cancer
- Respiratory Disease
- Accidents and Violence
- Poisoning
- Infectious Disease
- MAJOR RISK FACTORS: Smoking
- Alcohol and other Drugs
- Diet
- OCCUPATIONAL RISKS
- RISKS IN TRANSPORT: Road Traffic, Railways, Aircraft
- RISKS IN THE HOME: Housing, Indoor Pollution
- RECREATIONAL RISKS: Water Sports, Team Sports, Individual Contact Sports, Individual Sports
- RISKS IN POWER PRODUCTION
- MEDICAL TREATMENT AND SURGERY
- NATURAL DISASTERS
- CHEMICAL RISKS
- PERCEPTION AND ACCEPTABILITY OF RISK: Perception and Misperception
- The Acceptability of Risk
- MANAGEMENT OF RISK: Management of Community Risk
- Management of Personal Risk.
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