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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Kabat, Geoffrey C., author.     Subjects     Health risk assessment.     Health attitudes.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Kabat, Geoffrey C., author.       by title:      Getting risk right :...         MARC Display

Getting risk right : understanding the science of elusive health risks / Geoffrey C. Kabat. by Kabat, Geoffrey C., author. New York : Columbia University Press, c2017. Subjects Health risk assessment.   Health attitudes. ISBN:  9780231166461 (hardcover : alkaline paper) : 023116646X (hardcover : alkaline paper) Description:  xxii, 248 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm Contents:  The illusion of validity and the power of "negative thinking" -- Splendors and miseries of associations -- When risk goes viral : biases and bandwagons -- Do cell phones cause brain cancer? : a tale of two sciences -- Hormonal confusion: the contested science of endocrine disruption -- Deadly remedy : a mysterious disease, a medicinal herb, and the recognition a worldwide public health threat -- HPV, cancer, and beyond : the anatomy of a triumph. Requests:  0 Summary:  A study of the health industry and possible risks involved. Do cell phones cause brain cancer? Does BPA threaten our health? How safe are certain dietary supplements, especially those containing exotic herbs or small amounts of toxic substances? Is the HPV vaccine safe? We depend on science and medicine as never before, yet there is widespread misinformation and confusion, amplified by the media, regarding what influences our health. In Getting Risk Right, Geoffrey C. Kabat shows how science worksand sometimes doesn'tand what separates these two very different outcomes. Kabat seeks to help us distinguish between claims that are supported by solid science and those that are the result of poorly designed or misinterpreted studies. By exploring different examples, he explains why certain risks are worth worrying about, while others are not. He emphasizes the variable quality of research in contested areas of health risks, as well as the professional, political, and methodological factors that can distort the research process. Drawing on recent systematic critiques of biomedical research and on insights from behavioral psychology, Getting Risk Right examines factors both internal and external to the science that can influence what results get attention and how questionable results can be used to support a particular narrative concerning an alleged public health threat. In this book, Kabat provides a much-needed antidote to what has been called "an epidemic of false claims." -- Provided by publisher.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Business, Science & Technology 613 Ka Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 613 Kabat Checked In Add Copy to MyList Koloa P/S Library Adult Nonfiction 613 Ka Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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