• DocumentCode
    860007
  • Title

    Chronic disease, homeland security, and sailing to where there be dragons [Guest editor´s introduction]

  • Author

    Hassenzahl, David M.

  • Author_Institution
    University of Nevada Las Vegas
  • Volume
    27
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2008
  • Firstpage
    10
  • Lastpage
    12
  • Abstract
    The five papers in this special issue share the perspective that attitudes toward risk are strongly shaped by social context, and that understanding context can help us understand how risk decisions are made, and thereby how to make them better.
  • Keywords
    Diseases; Fossil fuels; Genetic engineering; Hazards; Marine vehicles; Nuclear weapons; Production planning; Public healthcare; Risk analysis; Terrorism;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Technology and Society Magazine, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0278-0097
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MTS.2008.928989
  • Filename
    4623821
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=860007