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This text provides an analysis of the BSE crisis and how policy-making processes were managed, and of how and why they culminated in catastrophic failure.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Van Zwanenberg, Patrick
Other Authors: Millstone, Erik
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Series:Oxford medical publications.
Subjects:
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy > Prevention > Government policy > Great Britain.
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
Epidemics.
Epidemiology.
Cattle > Diseases.
Public health.
Animals > Diseases.
Social control.
Central nervous system > Infections.
Sociology.
Medical care.
Nervous system > Diseases.
Social sciences.
Medical personnel.
Central nervous system > Diseases.
Diseases.
Europe.
Pandemics.
Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform
Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform > epidemiology
Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform > prevention & control
Disease Outbreaks
Epidemiology
Prion Diseases
Social Control Policies
Cattle Diseases
Public Health
Policy
Medicine
Geographic Locations
Animal Diseases
Social Control, Formal
Central Nervous System Infections
Environment and Public Health
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Sociology
Geographicals
Delivery of Health Care
Nervous System Diseases
Social Sciences
Health Occupations
Health Care Economics and Organizations
Central Nervous System Diseases
Disease
Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena
Disciplines and Occupations
Public Policy
Disease Outbreaks > veterinary
United Kingdom
Europe
Epidemics
Patient Care
Pandemics
Encéphalopathie spongiforme bovine.
Pandémies.
Épidémiologie.
Bovins > Maladies.
Santé publique.
Animaux > Maladies.
Contrôle social.
Système nerveux central > Infections.
Sociologie.
Prestation de soins.
Système nerveux > Maladies.
Sciences sociales.
Personnel médical.
Système nerveux central > Maladies.
Maladies.
Épidémies.
Soins médicaux.
public health.
sociology.
social sciences.
epidemics.
pandemics.
Social sciences
Social control
Public health
Nervous system > Diseases
Medical personnel
Medical care
Diseases
Central nervous system > Infections
Central nervous system > Diseases
Cattle > Diseases
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Animals > Diseases
Great Britain
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:This text provides an analysis of the BSE crisis and how policy-making processes were managed, and of how and why they culminated in catastrophic failure.
Physical Description:1 online resource (303 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191723902
0191723908
9780198525813
0198525818