The Feeling of Risk (Earthscan Risk in Society Series)

by PaulSlovic (Author)

• New

  Paperback
  2010

  $66.50

  Explores the conception of 'risk as feelings' and examines the interaction of feeling and cognition in the perception of risk. This book highlights perspectives on risk arising from cultural worldviews and concerns about specific hazards pertaining to blood transfusion, biotechnology, prescription drugs, smoking, terrorism, and nanotechnology.