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Acceptable evidence [scienc...
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. By focusing on acceptable evidence, this volume avoids two barriers to progress. One barrier assumes that evidence of risk is largely a matter of objective scientific data and therefore uncontroversial. The other assumes that evidence of risk, bei
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monografia Rebiun04228418 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun04228418 m o d cr cnu---unuuu 091026s1991 nyua ob 001 0 eng d 9780198022848 0198022840 NT. eng. NT. OCLCQ. EBLCP. NT. IDEBK. OCLCQ. MHW. OCLCQ. UNAV 363.1 22 Acceptable evidence Recurso electrónico] science and values in risk management edited by Deborah G. Mayo, Rachelle D. Hollander New York Oxford University Press 1991 New York New York Oxford University Press xii, 292 p. il xii, 292 p. EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete Environmental ethics and science policy series Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice Hidden hazards / Roger E. Kasperson and Jeanne X. Kasperson -- Acceptable evidence in a pluralistic society / Sheila Jasanoff -- Beyond numbers : a broader perspective on risk perception and risk communication / Paul Slovic -- Guidelines for communicating information about chemical risks effectively and responsibly / Vincent T. Covello, Peter M. Sandman, and Paul Slovic -- Risk assessment and risk management : an uneasy divorce / Ellen K. Silbergeld -- Understanding uncertainties in medical evidence : professional and public responsibilities / Valerie Miké -- Evidential, ethical, and policy disputes : admissible evidence in radioactive waste management / E. William Colglazier -- Expert claims and social decisions : science, politics, and responsibility / Rachelle D. Hollander -- Knowledge, values, and technological decisions : a decision theoretic approach / Ronald N. Giere Causing harm : epidemiological and physiological concepts of causation / Kenneth F. Schaffner -- Reductionist approaches to risk / Kristin Shrader-Frechette -- Sociological versus metascientific views of risk assessment / Deborah G. Mayo 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. By focusing on acceptable evidence, this volume avoids two barriers to progress. One barrier assumes that evidence of risk is largely a matter of objective scientific data and therefore uncontroversial. The other assumes that evidence of risk, bei Forma de acceso: World Wide Web Mayo, Deborah G. Hollander, Rachelle D.