Risk has become a dominant way to interpret who gets sick and why. A distinction has been
drawn between two categories of risk: those arising from the environment, and those …

Most writing in the social sciences on risk-taking tends to represent it as the product of
ignorance or irrationality. The modern subject tends to be portrayed in this writing as risk …

While it is generally accepted in writings on the sociocultural aspects of risk that risk and
emotion are interrelated, this relationship remains under-theorised. The literature on the …

'Risk'has been a fruitful seam for sociological enquiry about health and illness, generating
theoretical understanding of the links between cultural analysis of modernity and the ways in …

In the practice of health surveillance, health professionals have to cope with the task of
communicating outcomes of tests and measurements, as well as counselling individuals …

In research on health and illness, studies using a narrative approach are gaining ground in
a context where a statistical quantitative approach as well as an 'objective'approach to …

Epidemiology is the main supplier of “bases of action” for preventive medicine and health
promotion. Epidemiology and epidemiologists therefore have a responsibility not only for the …

Abstract 'Risk'is a widely used concept in literatures related to health, health care and
medicine. In recent decades, three bodies of literature have emerged in which 'risk'is the …

Numerous studies have examined health risk perception through public ratings of health
hazards, comparing them across lists, across time or across subpopulations. Yet, few have …

The rise of health issues such as HIV, pandemic influenza and Ebola on international
agendas has led to the framing of threats to health as security issues. This has created an …