Hidden Arguments: Political Ideology and Disease Prevention Policy

by Sylvia Noble Tesh

Book Overview

In this provocative book, Sylvia Tesh shows how "politics masquerades as science" in the debates over the causes and prevention of disease.Tesh argues that ideas about the causes of disease which dominate policy at any given time or place are rarely determined by scientific criteria alone. The more critical factors are beliefs about how much government can control industry, who should take risks when scientists are uncertain, and whether the individual...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813512697
• ISBN13: 9780813512693
• Release Date: February 1988
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.