Bad Advice: Or Why Celebrities, Politicians, and Activists Aren't Your Best Source of Health Information

by Paul A. Offit

Book Overview

Science doesn't speak for itself. Neck-deep in work that can be messy and confounding and na ve in the ways of public communication, scientists are often unable to package their insights into the neat narratives that the public requires. Enter celebrities, advocates, lobbyists, and the funders behind them, who take advantage of scientists' reluctance to provide easy answers, flooding the media with misleading or incorrect claims about health risks...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231186983
• ISBN13: 9780231186988
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.1"