BSE : risk, science, and governance /

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.
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Table of Contents:

Analysing the role of science in public policy-making
The evolution of the UK's agriculture and food policy regimes
A new cattle disease
The Southwood Working Party
Regulatory rigor mortis
BSE policy in continental Europe
The aftermath of 20 March 1996
BSE and the partial reform of food policy-making.