Governance of infectious disease risks requires understanding of often indeterminate
interactions between diverse, complex, open, and dynamic human and natural systems. In …

Memoria de tesis realizada en el Departamento de Economía Aplicada de la Universidad de
Santiago de Compostela, bajo la dirección de la Profesora Dra. María do Carme García …

The precautionary principle (PP) is fundamentally a claim that acting to avoid and/or mitigate
threats of serious harm should be accorded high priority in public policy. Over the last three …

Strategies for the control of the spread of infection in hospitals may lead to constraints on
individual autonomy, freedom of movement, or contact with others. Codes of (ethical) …

Most scientists agree that, at least for the time being, unquantified uncertainties are
inevitably connected to predictions of climate models. Uncertainties, however, do not justify …

Abstract The Stern Review on the economics of climate change has been a huge
international event. It also raised an ardent controversy on the use of economic …

The aim of the article is modelling of the decision-making, in which Precautionary Principle
(PP) is applied. Decisions are often made under time constraints, in lack of proper …

Flood prevention, food safety, transport of hazardous materials, infectious diseases, the risks
posed by new technologies, and many other threats to public health and the environment …

The transfusion‐transmitted infection (TTI) risk of pathogens for which nucleic acid testing
(NAT) has been implemented is now insubstantial compared to other hazards of transfusion …

While proponents of the Precautionary Principle regard it as a guide for environmental
protection at all levels in dealing with uncertain risks, opponents point out many problems …