Hendra in the news: Public policy meets public morality in times of zoonotic uncertainty

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 82, Issue , 2013, Pages 156-163

  Degeling, Chris ^a   Kerridge, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Content analysis; Health communication; Hendra virus; Media; Public policy

Indexed keywords

HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH POLICY; MASS MEDIA; MORALITY; POLICY MAKING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VIRUS;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; EPIDEMIC; ETHNOGRAPHY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HENDRA VIRUS; HORSE; HOST RANGE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORALITY; NONHUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; PUBLIC OPINION; RISK MANAGEMENT; VIRUS CARRIER; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CHIROPTERA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; HEALTH POLICY; HENIPAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; MORALS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY; ZOONOSES;

AUSTRALIA;

EQUIDAE; HENDRA VIRUS; PTEROPODIDAE;

EID: 84875249454     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.12.024     Document Type: Article

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