Reasoning and public health: new ways of coping with uncertainty
- Submitting institution
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Nottingham Trent University
- Unit of assessment
- 34 - Communication, Cultural and Media Studies, Library and Information Management
- Output identifier
- 30 - 789586
- Type
- A - Authored book
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- Publisher
- Springer
- ISBN
- 9783319150123
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
- April
- Year of publication
- 2015
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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A - Centre for Inequality, Culture and Difference
- Proposed double-weighted
- Yes
- Double-weighted statement
- This book provides a research-driven account of the reasoning mobilised by scientists and lay people during consideration of public health problems. It considers public health issues as wide ranging as infectious diseases, food safety and the potential impact on human health of new technologies. It examines reasoning around these issues using a large-scale, questionnaire-based survey of nearly 900 members of the public in the UK. It draws upon philosophical accounts of the nature of uncertainty, scientific knowledge and inquiry to ensure this empirical work is approached with due analytical rigour.
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
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- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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