| 書目名稱 | Reasoning and Public Health: New Ways of Coping with Uncertainty |
| 編輯 | Louise Cummings |
| 視頻video | http://file.papertrans.cn/823/822491/822491.mp4 |
| 概述 | Argues that in order to be truly effective, public health scientists must develop reasoning skills that are adapted to public health issues.Draws upon public health issues as wide ranging as infectiou |
| 圖書封面 |  |
| 描述 | This book argues that in order to be truly effective, public health must embrace a group of reasoning strategies that have traditionally been characterized as informal fallacies. It will be demonstrated that these strategies can facilitate judgements about complex public health issues in contexts of uncertainty..The book explains how scientists and lay people routinely resort to the use of these strategies during consideration of public health problems. Although these strategies are not deductively valid, they are nevertheless rationally warranted procedures. Public health professionals must have a sound understanding of these cognitive strategies in order to engage the public and achieve their public health goals..The book draws upon public health issues as wide ranging as infectious diseases, food safety and the potential impact on human health of new technologies. It examines reasoning in the context of these issues within a large-scale, questionnaire-based survey of nearly 900 members of the public in the UK. In addition, several philosophical themes run throughout the book, including the nature of uncertainty, scientific knowledge and inquiry..The complexity of many public hea |
| 出版日期 | Book 2015 |
| 關(guān)鍵詞 | Achieve public health goals; Food safety; Health of populations; Infectious diseases; Public health prob |
| 版次 | 1 |
| doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15013-0 |
| isbn_softcover | 978-3-319-36242-7 |
| isbn_ebook | 978-3-319-15013-0 |
| copyright | Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015 |
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