Risk Communication: A Handbook for Communicating Environmental, Safety, and Health Risks

by Regina E. Lundgren, Andrea H. McMakin

A fully updated edition of the preeminent book on risk communication For more than a decade, Risk A Handbook for Communicating Environmental, Safety, and Health Risks has been a trusted compendium of strategies and guidance for effectively conveying risk information. Managers, scientists, engineers, students, communication specialists, healthcare professionals, agency representatives, and consultants in more than twenty countries have benefited from its contemporary, practical advice on what to do and what to avoid for successful risk communication. Now in its Fourth Edition, the handbook has been updated with expanded coverage of laws, approaches, messages, and technology-based applications such as social media, as well as all-new information on international risk communication. The handbook guides readers Combining in-depth scientific underpinnings and the greatest breadth of information available, this book makes the topic of risk communication accessible to those who need it most. It is intended as an introduction to the field as well as a refresher and reference book for those communicating environmental, safety, and health risks in government, industry, and academia.

380 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1998

Reviews

[Maria Freeman]

Chapters: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6-12, 16, & 19