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Risk and Adaptation in a Cancer Cluster Town (Nature, Society, and Culture)
by Laura HartIn disease cluster communities across the country, environmental contamination from local industries is often suspected as a source of disease. But civic action is notoriously hampered by the slow response from government agencies to investigate the cause of disease and the complexities of risk assessment. In Risk and Adaptation in a Cancer Cluster Town, Laura Hart examines another understudied dimension of community inaction: the role of emotion and its relationship to community experiences of social belonging and inequality. Using a cancer cluster community in Northwest Ohio as a case study, Hart advances an approach to risk that grapples with the complexities of community belonging, disconnect, and disruption in the wake of suspected industrial pollution. Her research points to a fear driven not only by economic anxiety, but also by a fear of losing security within the community—a sort of pride that is not only about status, but connectedness. Hart reveals the importance of this social form of risk—the desire for belonging and the risk of not belonging—ultimately arguing that this is consequential to how people make judgements and respond to issues. Within this context where the imperative for self-protection is elusive, affected families experience psychosocial and practical conflicts as they adapt to cancer as a way of life. Considering a future where debates about risk and science will inevitably increase, Hart considers possibilities for the democratization of risk management and the need for transformative approaches to environmental justice.
Risk and Citizenship: Key Issues in Welfare
by Rosalind Edwards Judith GloverContemporary welfare provision poses serious challenges for social policy. Large and rapid changes are said to be taking place in the way we live, work and relate to each other, characterised by anxiety and insecurity.Risk and Citizenship explores how new and diffrent forms of citizenship are evolving in the context of this 'risk society' and the implications for the development of social policy at both the macro and micro level. This spirited and informed collection of papers by leading analysts addresses key questions related to welfare, citizenship and risk including: the nature of insecurity and social protection; the balance between inequality and egalitarianism; the relationship between governments and citizens; the parameters of citizenship; and the impact of risk assessment and risk management. Risk and Citizenship offers a thought-provoking reading for student, practitioner or policy-maker. It provides: * a review of current debates about risk, citizenship and welfare * in-depth analysis of specific policy initiatives in social security and community care * a new typology of welfare citizenship.
Risk and Crisis Communication During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Muddled Messages (Routledge Research in Communication Studies)
by Martin N. NdlelaThis book examines the challenges of communicating risk and crisis messages during the COVID-19 pandemic to provide recommendations for managing future global health crises. Given that outbreaks, epidemics, and pandemics are global crises that require global solutions, the book suggests that the world community needs to build resilient crisis management institutions and message management systems. Through international case studies, in-depth interviews, textual, content, narrative and document analysis, the book provides comprehensive accounts of how normative risk communication strategies were invoked, applied, disrupted, questioned, and changed during the COVID- 19 pandemic. It explores themes including crisis preparedness, outbreak communication, lockdown messages, communication uncertainty, risk message strategies and the challenges of information disorders to show that trust in supranational and national institutions is crucial for the effective management of future global public health crises. A thorough assessment of the multiple challenges faced by public health authorities and audiences during the COVID-19 pandemic, this book will be of interest to researchers, practitioners, and students in the field of Risk, Crisis and Health Communication and Public Health and Disaster Management.
Risk and Resilience in U.S. Military Families
by Macdermid-Wadsworth Shelley David RiggsWar related separations challenge military families in many ways. The worry and uncertainty associated with absent family members exacerbates the challenges of personal, social, and economic resources on the home front. U.S. military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan have sent a million service personnel from the U.S. alone into conflict areas leaving millions of spouses, children and others in stressful circumstances. This is not a new situation for military families, but it has taken a toll of magnified proportions in recent times. In addition, medical advances have prolonged the life of those who might have died of injuries. As a result, more families are caring for those who have experienced amputation, traumatic brain injury, and profound psychological wounds. The Department of Defence has launched unprecedented efforts to support service members and families before, during, and after deployment in all locations of the country as well as in remote locations. Stress in U.S. Military Families brings together an interdisciplinary group of experts from the military to the medical to examine the issues of this critical problem. Its goal is to review the factors that contribute to stress in military families and to point toward strategies and policies that can help. Covering the major topics of parenting, marital functioning, and the stress of medical care, and including a special chapter on single service members, it serves as a comprehensive guide for those who will intervene in these problems and for those undertaking their research.
Risk and Responsibilisation in Public Communication: The Global Challenges of COVID-19 and Climate Change (Earthscan Risk in Society)
by Antoinette Fage-ButlerThis book explores the connections between risk and responsibilisation in official communication to the public about the global risks of the pandemic and climate change. Our media spheres in the 2020s have been saturated with information about what we should or should not be doing to meet the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change. Although the ability of risk communication to ‘responsibilise’ the public is central to its functioning in our societies, this aspect has so far been under-investigated in academia. To address this lacuna, Antoinette Fage-Butler develops a discursive approach to risk communication that focuses on the values that are communicated in risk messages. Examples of official risk communication about the pandemic and climate change from national and transnational contexts are analysed and compared, leading to new empirical findings and theoretical insights about the nature of risk and responsibilisation. Fage-Butler also builds on recent stirrings in the evolving field of risk communication that highlight the importance of cultural and value-related factors. Overall, this book will equip researchers with an approach to risk communication that reflects the complexity of today’s global risk challenges. Risk and Responsibilisation in Public Communication will be of great interest to students and scholars of risk communication, public health and environmental studies.
Risk and Substance Use: Framing Dangerous People and Dangerous Places
by Betsy Thom Susanne MacGregorThis interdisciplinary collection examines the role that alcohol, tobacco and other drugs have played in framing certain groups and spaces as ‘dangerous’ and in influencing the nature of formal responses to the perceived threat. Taking a historical and cross-national perspective, it explores how such groups and spaces are defined and bounded as well as the processes by which they come to be seen as ‘risky’. It discusses how issues of perceived danger highlight questions of control and the management of behaviours, people and environments, and it pays attention to the way in which sanctions and regulations have been implemented in a variety of often inconsistent ways that frequently impact differently on different sections of the population. Bringing together a range of case studies drawn from different countries and across different periods of time, the chapters collected here illustrate issues of marginalisation, stigmatisation, human rights and social expectations. It is of interest to a diverse audience of historians, philosophers, human geographers, anthropologists, sociologists and criminologists interested in substance use and misuse, deviance, risk and power among other topics.
Risk, Chance, and Causation
by Michael B. BrackenThe press and other media constantly report news stories about dangerous chemicals in the environment, miracle cures, the safety of therapeutic treatments, and potential cancer-causing agents. But what exactly is actually meant by "increased risk"--should we worry if we are told that we are at twice the risk of developing an illness? And how do we interpret "reduced risk" to properly assess the benefits of noisily touted dietary supplements? Demonstrating the difficulty of separating the hype from the hypothesis, noted epidemiologist Michael Bracken clearly communicates how clinical epidemiology works. Using everyday terms, Bracken describes how professional scientists approach questions of disease causation and therapeutic efficacy to provide readers with the tools to help them understand whether warnings of environmental risk are truly warranted, or if claims of therapeutic benefit are justified.
Risk, Resiliency and Protective Factors Among Cocaine Dependent African American Men: Implications for Social Work Practice
by Oliver J. Johnson
Risk-Takers: Alcohol, Drugs, Sex and Youth
by Moira PlantRisk-Takers gives a comprehensive view of youthful involvement with drinking, smoking, drug use and sex. It provides a challenging assessment of health education for young people showing that, despite the threat of AIDS and HIV infection, risk-taking remains a feature of normal adolescent behaviour, difficult to restrain or curb.
Risking Antimicrobial Resistance: A collection of one-health studies of antibiotics and its social and health consequences
by Carsten Strøby Jensen Søren Beck Nielsen Lars FynboAntimicrobial resistance (AMR) is predicted to be one of the greatest threats to public health in the twenty-first century. In this context, understanding the reasons why perceptions of antibiotic risk differ between different groups is crucial when it comes to tackling antibiotic misuse. This innovative volume gathers together chapters written by sociologists, psychologists and linguists with the common aim of examining the social factors that affect use of antibiotics among humans and animals. A unique focus on Denmark – one of the world’s most progressive countries when it comes to antibiotic regulation – as well as Europe more broadly, makes this book a valuable resource for regulatory deliberations on future antibiotic policy to effectively combat AMR.
Risking Her Heart on the Single Dad (Miracles in the Making #1)
by Annie O'NeilDare she dream of a family……with a heartbroken single dad?Kirri West is dedicated to helping women who can’t have children. A heartache she lives with every day. But as she joins Ty Sawyer’s groundbreaking clinic, the gorgeous surgeon and his little girl become the kind of distraction she’s long avoided! While they could be a perfect family, Ty and Kirri would have to lay their hearts on the line first…A Miracles in the Making novelMiracles in the Making duetBook 1 — Risking Her Heart on the Single DadBook 2 — The Neonatal Doc’s Baby Surprise by Susan Carlisle“This story is driven by powerful emotions…an exceptionally poignant love story…. An intensely emotional medical romance with a lovely hopeful happy ending.”—Goodreads on A Return, a Reunion, a Wedding“What a fantastic and entertaining read Ms. O’Neil has delivered in this book…the chemistry was strong and only got stronger the more time these two spent together; the romance was delightful and had me hoping for the best for this pair….”—Harlequin Junkie on The Doctor’s Marriage for a Month
Risking Her Heart on the Trauma Doc: Risking Her Heart On The Trauma Doc / The Gp's Secret Baby Wish (Mills And Boon Medical Ser.)
by Louisa HeatonCan two love-weary doctors……heal each other?Dr. Jess Young plans to use her time on the small Scottish island of Thorney to figure out how she can rebuild her shattered life after a recent blow that has stolen the future she dreamed of. Only Dr. Adam Campbell is a complication she didn’t expect! He’s handsome but hurting, too, and Jess sees a kindred spirit in Adam. Will he heal her already-fragile heart?From Harlequin Medical: Life and love in the world of modern medicine.
Risking It All for a Second Chance
by Annie ClaydonCan a charity car rally……drive these exes back together?A week with an ex sounds like a nightmare, but it&’s Dr. Emma&’s reality when her partner in a charity classic car rally bails last minute. Now, with surgeon Josh acting as her replacement navigator, the confined space forces them to confront just what went wrong between them. And as tensions mount, so does the temptation to start right where they left off! Miracle Medics duetBook 1 – How to Heal the Surgeon&’s Heart by Ann McIntoshBook 2 – Risking It All for a Second Chance by Annie Claydon &“I love a good medical romance and this book is one full of steamy goodness! This was the perfect fast read that had me enthralled from start to end! I would definitely recommend reading this novel!&”-Harlequin Junkie on Falling for the Brooding Doc &“Annie Claydon gives every couple she creates the time and attention they deserve to come alive on the page. You&’re guaranteed a supremely satisfying Happily Ever After.&”-Goodreads on Greek Island Fling to Forever
Risking It All for the Children's Doc: Pregnant Midwife On His Doorstep / Risking It All For The Children's Doc (Mills And Boon Medical Ser.)
by Tina BeckettShe has nothing to lose…And only him to gain!Pediatrician Lyric is looking for a fresh start. For her and her orphaned niece. And New Mercy Hospital is just the place. There’s just one problem: her colleague Dr. Ellis Rohal! It’s impossible to ignore their instant connection…or how nice it is to talk to someone who understands her past pain. Still, she must keep her distance. She can’t put her heart on the line again. Can she?
Risking Your Health
by Damien De WalqueBehaviors that pose risks for an individual's health and that also represent important threats for public health, such as drug use, smoking, alcohol, unhealthy eating causing obesity, and unsafe sex, are highly prevalent in low income countries, even though they are traditionally associated with richer countries. Individual choices are an important part of the risky behaviors. Risking Your Health: Causes, Consequences, and Interventions to Prevent Risky Behaviors explore how those choices are formed and what are their consequences. Why do people engage in risky behaviors? Many different explanations have been proposed by psychology, sociology, economics or public health. One trait common to all these behaviors is that there is a disconnect - a function of both delay and uncertainty - between the pleasure or satisfaction provided by them and their consequences. Another characteristic of risky behaviors is that they rarely occur in isolation. Peer-pressure, parental influences, networks and social norms often play an important role in initiating, continuing, or quitting those behaviors. Even if they might often be the first to suffer, the consequences of risky behaviors are also rarely limited to the individuals engaging in them. In certain cases, such as second-hand smoking or HIV transmission, the link is direct. In other cases, the link is less direct but not necessarily less real: the long term health consequences of many of these behaviors are costly to treat and could stretch households' finances and worsen poverty. Finally, these risky behaviors have consequences for society as a whole since they often trigger a non-trivial amount of public health expenditures and lead to declines in aggregate productivity through premature death and morbidity. Changing behaviors is tricky -- public health interventions via legislation with strong enforcement mechanisms can be more effective than simple communication campaigns informing consumers about the risks associated with certain behaviors, since translating knowledge into concrete changes in behavior seems to be hard to achieve. Economic mechanisms such as taxes (especially on alcohol and tobacco products), subsidies (such as free condoms), and conditional/unconditional cash transfers are also used to reduce risky behaviors (for example in HIV prevention). Of great interest to policy makers, academics and practitioners, this book assesses the efficiency of those interventions designed to reduce the prevalence of behaviors that endanger health.
Risks and Opportunities: Synthesis of Studies on Adolescence
by Forum On AdolescenceA Synthesis of Studies on Adolescence
Risks and Regulation of New Technologies (Kobe University Monograph Series in Social Science Research)
by Jonathan Wolff Takashi Yanagawa Tsuyoshi MatsudaHow should we proceed with advanced research of humanities and social sciences in collaboration? What are the pressing issues of this new trend in a cataclysmic time for civilization? This book, originated with a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Topic-Setting Program, addresses these challenging questions in four parts for innovating twenty-first-century humanities and social sciences. It broadens the horizon for reviewing multi-disciplinary landscapes of risks and regulation of new technologies by focusing on paradigmatic cases from the fields of life and environment. Here, genome editing for reproductive treatment and renewable energy under the constraint of climate change in Japanese and global contexts are involved. The volume comprises a combination of topics and aspects such as public policy and philosophy of science, medicine and law, climate ethics, and the economics of electricity. This edited collection will thus motivate forward-thinking readers across the diverse spectrum of social sciences and humanities to survey themes of their own interests in multi-disciplinary studies. In so doing, they can explore the evolving frontiers of those disciplines and the depths of individual contributions by experts in philosophy, ethics, law, economics, and science, technology, and society (STS), including bioscience.
Risky Alcohol Consumption among Adolescents: Manual for the Implementation of a Brief Motivational Intervention
by Silke Diestelkamp Rainer ThomasiusThis manual provides expert knowledge on theory and practice for conducting a motivational brief intervention with adolescents after alcohol intoxication, with the aim of promoting low-risk use of alcohol. Enriched with examples and tips on how to proceed in difficult (conversational) situations, users receive practical instructions on how to conduct a theory-based and evaluated motivational patient interview, instructions for a parent interview and all relevant materials for implementation. The intervention was developed and evaluated as part of a research project funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and is based on the bridge conversation of the alcohol prevention programme "HaLT - Hart am LimiT".
Risky Business: Why Insurance Markets Fail and What to Do About It
by Ray Fisman Amy Finkelstein Liran EinavAn engaging and accessible examination of what ails insurance markets—and what to do about it—by three leading economists Why is dental insurance so crummy? Why is pet insurance so expensive? Why does your auto insurer ask for your credit score? The answer to these questions lies in understanding how insurance works. Unlike the market for other goods and services—for instance, a grocer who doesn&’t care who buys the store&’s broccoli or carrots—insurance providers are more careful in choosing their customers, because some are more expensive than others. Unraveling the mysteries of insurance markets, Liran Einav, Amy Finkelstein, and Ray Fisman explore such issues as why insurers want to know so much about us and whether we should let them obtain this information; why insurance entrepreneurs often fail (and some tricks that may help them succeed); and whether we&’d be better off with government-mandated health insurance instead of letting businesses, customers, and markets decide who gets coverage and at what price. With insurance at the center of divisive debates about privacy, equity, and the appropriate role of government, this book offers clear explanations for some of the critical business and policy issues you&’ve often wondered about, as well as for others you haven&’t yet considered.
Risky Genes: Genetics, Breast Cancer and Jewish Identity (Genetics and Society)
by Jessica MozerskyAshkenazi Jews have the highest known population risk of carrying specific mutations in the high-risk breast cancer genes, BRCA1 and BRCA2. So what does it mean to be told you have an increased risk of genetic breast cancer because you are of Ashkenazi Jewish origin? In a time of ever-increasing knowledge about variations in genetic disease risk among different populations, there is a pressing need for research regarding the implications of such information for members of high-risk populations. Risky Genes provides first-hand intimate descriptions of women’s experiences of being Jewish and of being at increased risk of genetic breast cancer. It explores the impact this knowledge has on their identity and understanding of belonging to a collective. Using qualitative data from high-risk Ashkenazi women in the UK, this book elucidates the importance of biological discourses in forging Jewish self-identity and reveals the complex ways in which biological and social understandings of Jewish belonging intersect. In Risky Genes, Jessica Mozersky reflects upon and offers new insight into the ongoing debates regarding the implications of genetic research for populations, and of new genetic knowledge for individual and collective identity. The book will be of interest to students and scholars of sociology, anthropology, Jewish studies, medical genetics, medical ethics, religious studies, and race and ethnic studies.
Risky Medicine: Our Quest to Cure Fear and Uncertainty
by Robert AronowitzWill ever-more sensitive screening tests for cancer lead to longer, better lives? Will anticipating and trying to prevent the future complications of chronic disease lead to better health? Not always, says Robert Aronowitz in Risky Medicine. In fact, it often is hurting us. Exploring the transformation of health care over the last several decades that has led doctors to become more attentive to treating risk than treating symptoms or curing disease, Aronowitz shows how many aspects of the health system and clinical practice are now aimed at risk reduction and risk control. He argues that this transformation has been driven in part by the pharmaceutical industry, which benefits by promoting its products to the larger percentage of the population at risk for a particular illness, rather than the smaller percentage who are actually affected by it. Meanwhile, for those suffering from chronic illness, the experience of risk and disease has been conflated by medical practitioners who focus on anticipatory treatment as much if not more than on relieving suffering caused by disease. Drawing on such controversial examples as HPV vaccines, cancer screening programs, and the cancer survivorship movement, Aronowitz argues that patients and their doctors have come to believe, perilously, that far too many medical interventions are worthwhile because they promise to control our fears and reduce uncertainty. Risky Medicine is a timely call for a skeptical response to medicine's obsession with risk, as well as for higher standards of evidence for risk-reducing interventions and a rebalancing of health care to restore an emphasis on the actual curing of and caring for people suffering from disease.
Risky Medicine: Our Quest to Cure Fear and Uncertainty
by Robert Aronowitz&“A thoughtful and compelling book that focuses attention on the extent to which risk avoidance characterizes modern medicine.&”—Rick Mathis, Health Affairs Will ever-more sensitive screening tests for cancer lead to longer, better lives? Will anticipating and trying to prevent the future complications of chronic disease lead to better health? Not always, says Robert Aronowitz in Risky Medicine. In fact, it often is hurting us. Exploring the transformation of health care over the last several decades that has led doctors to become more attentive to treating risk than treating symptoms or curing disease, Aronowitz shows how many aspects of the health system and clinical practice are now aimed at risk reduction and risk control. He argues that this transformation has been driven in part by the pharmaceutical industry, which benefits by promoting its products to the larger percentage of the population at risk for a particular illness, rather than the smaller percentage who are actually affected by it. Meanwhile, for those suffering from chronic illness, the experience of risk and disease has been conflated by medical practitioners who focus on anticipatory treatment as much if not more than on relieving suffering caused by disease. Drawing on such controversial examples as HPV vaccines, cancer screening programs, and the cancer survivorship movement, Aronowitz argues that patients and their doctors have come to believe, perilously, that far too many medical interventions are worthwhile because they promise to control our fears and reduce uncertainty. Risky Medicine is a timely call for a rebalancing of health care to restore an emphasis on the actual curing of and caring for people suffering from disease.
Risky Pleasures?: Club Cultures and Feminine Identities
by Fiona HuttonIn this book Fiona Hutton provides a fascinating insight into women's experiences of clubbing. Based on a rich ethnographic account of the Manchester club scene, Risky Pleasures? is set within the context of the theoretical literature on youth subcultures, female friendship, consumption, risk and the city. The work highlights both the producers of club scenes - promoters, DJs, dealers - and the consumers - women negotiating pleasure and risk in club spaces and in the city at night. It explores the range of club spaces, developing a typology of 'mainstream' and 'underground' clubs, and considers how different types of participants are attracted to different 'scenes'. It examines women's recreational drug-use within a club context and discusses issues of sexuality, tolerance and the importance of 'attitude' in terms of women's feelings of safety. Revealing the important role of different spaces and different atmospheres in how women participate in club scenes, Fiona Hutton argues that drug taking and sexual pleasure are always contextualized within the environments created in different spaces, and that the risk and danger negotiated by women clubbers are counterbalanced by fun and pleasure - and ultimately empowerment.
Ritme- & geleidingsstoornissen
by Mark van den BoogaardIn Ritme en geleidingstoornissen staan op een systematische manier de meest voorkomende, maar ook minder bekende hartritme en geleidingsstoornissen.In het eerste hoofdstuk over de elektrofysiologie van het hart wordt de basis gelegd voor de kennis die nodig is om meer inzicht te krijgen in het ontstaan en de mechanismen achter de ritme- en geleidingsstoornissen.Vervolgens worden de ritme- en geleidingsstoornissen besproken, steeds beginnend met belangrijke achtergrondinformatie gevolgd door de hemodynamische gevolgen en eventuele klachten van de patiënt. Daarna wordt de therapie besproken aan de hand van de laatste behandelingsinzichten. Alle behandelde stoornissen zijn voorzien van een en soms meer voorbeeldritmestroken. De kenmerken van iedere ritmestoornis wordt aan het einde van iedere paragraaf nog eens in een apart kader kort samengevat.Na alle theorie volgt aan het eind van het boek een hoofdstuk met veel oefenritmestroken die op ware grootte zijn afgebeeld. Iedere ritmestrook is voorzien van een analyse. In deze druk zijn 50 oefenstroken toegevoegd waarmee de totale hoeveelheid op 125 is gekomen. De vijfde druk is inhoudelijke niet gewijzigd ten opzichte van de vierde druk.Voor wie is dit boek geschikt? Voor eenieder die frequent te maken krijgt met het interpreteren van een hartritme, zoals:verpleegkundigen (werkzaam op intensive care, coronary care, medium care, hartfunctieafdeling, SEH, ambulance, anaesthesie);nurse practioners;physicians-assistents;arts-assistenten en co-assistenten;geïnteresseerden in hartritme en geleidingsstoornissen.
Ritme- en geleidingsstoornissen
by Mark van den BoogaardDit boek helpt zorgprofessionals in de acute en intensieve zorg bij het interpreteren van hartritmes. Op een systematische manier wordt de theorie en praktijk van hartritme- en geleidingsstoornissen behandeld. Het boek richt zich op verpleegkundigen, verpleegkundig specialisten, physician assistants, arts- en co-assistenten. Ritme- en geleidingstoornissen begint met een hoofdstuk over de elektrofysiologie van het hart. Hier leest u over het ontstaan van ritme- en geleidingsstoornissen. Vervolgens leest u over de verschillende stoornissen. Hierbij is de theorie de basis. Deze wordt gevolgd door de oorzaken van de betreffende stoornis, de hemodynamische gevolgen, eventuele klachten van de patiënt en de therapie op basis van de laatste behandelinzichten. Daarnaast zijn alle stoornissen steeds voorzien van minimaal één voorbeeldritmestrook. Elk hoofdstuk heeft een samenvatting én de kenmerken van iedere ritme- geleidingsstoornis worden na elke paragraaf kort samengevat.In het laatste deel van deze geactualiseerde versie van dit boek staan 125 oefenritmestroken. Deze zijn op ware grootte afgebeeld en voorzien van een analyse. De meegeleverde ECG-liniaal is een handig hulpmiddel bij het analyseren van de oefenstroken.Mark van den Boogaard is een gespecialiseerd verpleegkundige met veel ervaring op de hartbewaking en intensive care. Ook heeft hij lange tijd lesgegeven in ritme- en geleidingsstoornissen op verschillende opleidingen. Momenteel werkt hij als senior onderzoeker op de intensive care van het Radboudumc in Nijmegen.