Risk communication, value judgments, and the public-policy maker relationship in a climate of public sensitivity toward animals: Revisiting Britain's foot and mouth crisis

Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics

Volumn 17, Issue 4-5, 2004, Pages 363-383

  Anthony, Raymond ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural ethics; Animal agriculture; Foot and mouth disease; Risk

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; DISEASE CONTROL; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; POLICY MAKING;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 8644274056     PISSN: 11877863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10806-004-5187-2     Document Type: Review

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