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New Risks, New Welfare: The Transformation of the European Welfare State

Book by Peter Taylor-Gooby; Oxford University Press, 2004

Subjects:

Europe--Social Policy, European Union, Public Welfare--Europe, Welfare State--Europe, Welfare State--Europe--Case Studies

Collections: Entire Library

...developed primarily to meet the old social risks that confront the mass of the population during...decommodification. This book deals with the new social risks that have now emerged alongside old social risks from changes in family life and work patterns...
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Assessing Risks to Health: Methodological Approaches

Book by John C. Bailar III, Jack Needleman, Barbara L. Berney, J. Michael McGinnis; Auburn House, 1993

Subjects:

Health Risk Assessment--Case Studies, Health Risk Assessment--United States--Case Studies

Collections: Entire Library

Prepared under the auspices of the Department of Health and Human Services, this examination of the methodologies used in assessing health hazards offers important background on the rationale of risk assessment. It uses ten high profile risk areas to compare measurement approaches. There are ...
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Prepared under the auspices of the Department of Health and Human Services, this examination of the methodologies used in assessing health hazards offers important background on the rationale of risk assessment. It uses ten high profile risk areas to compare measurement approaches. There are challenges in the choice of what to assess and in what priority to give a particular human health risk in light of the array and diversity of health hazards. What methodology to employ in a given assessment also poses difficult decisions for researchers and for government policymakers, The latter must, of course, depend on sound qualitative and quantitative risk assessment to formulate appropriate risk management positions.
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Living Dangerously: Navigating the Risks of Everyday Life

Book by John F. Ross; Helix Books, 1999

Subjects:

Risk-Taking (Psychology), Risk--Sociological Aspects

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

How well do you know the risks in your life? Probably not as well as you think -- and that can make for dangerous living. In this provocative book, John F. Ross reveals how new types of risk decisions -- choices never confronted by our parents or grandparents -- have filled our lives with worry and ...
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How well do you know the risks in your life? Probably not as well as you think -- and that can make for dangerous living. In this provocative book, John F. Ross reveals how new types of risk decisions -- choices never confronted by our parents or grandparents -- have filled our lives with worry and confusion. Through vivid storytelling, intriguing forays into history, and compelling insights about modern science, Ross helps the reader combat fear, manage risk, and become a truly empowered citizen of the twenty-first century.
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Reporting on Risks: The Practice and Ethics of Health and Safety Communication

Book by Jim Willis, Albert Adelowo Okunade; Praeger Publishers, 1997

Subjects:

Health In Mass Media, Health Risk Communication

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

Health and safety risk issues such as AIDS, hazardous waste disposal, airline disasters, and health care policy frequently dominate the news and require a new level of sensitivity and expertise on the part of journalists. This volume focuses on a study of the trends in risk reporting and offers ...
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Health and safety risk issues such as AIDS, hazardous waste disposal, airline disasters, and health care policy frequently dominate the news and require a new level of sensitivity and expertise on the part of journalists. This volume focuses on a study of the trends in risk reporting and offers guidelines on how to report the dangers of these risks more accurately. It also examines the ethical implications of reporting risks to the public. This work will be of interest to those studying communication, specifically in the areas of ethics in journalism and public health and medical reporting.
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Pregnancy for Older Women: Assessing the Medical Risks

Book by Phyllis Kernoff Mansfield; Praeger Publishers, 1986

Subjects:

Pregnancy In Middle Age

Collections: Entire Library

Preface Medical Risks and Medical Beliefs Assessing the Medical Literature Important Issues for Older Women: Down's Syndrome, Infertility and More The Circumstances Surrounding Later-Life Pregnancy Past and Present Pregnancy for Older Women Appendixes: Studies of Advanced Maternal Age and Eight ...
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Preface Medical Risks and Medical Beliefs Assessing the Medical Literature Important Issues for Older Women: Down's Syndrome, Infertility and More The Circumstances Surrounding Later-Life Pregnancy Past and Present Pregnancy for Older Women Appendixes: Studies of Advanced Maternal Age and Eight Pregnancy Outcomes, United States, 1917-January 1983; Percentage of Studies Falling into Each Rating Category According to Pregnancy Outcomes Studied and Findings Concerning the Effects of Advanced Maternal Age; Selected Medical Views Concerning Pregnancy at Advanced Maternal Age; Incidence of Down's Syndrome by Mother's Age: Four Samples; Selected Etiological Studies of Down's Syndrome References Index
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Journal Articles on: risks

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Thailand's Electricity Reforms: Privatization of Benefits and Socialization of Costs and Risks

Journal article by Chuenchom Sangarasri Greacen, Chris Greacen; Pacific Affairs, Vol. 77, 2004

Subjects:

Thailand's electricity reforms: privatization of benefits and socialization of costs and risks (Essay)--Criticism and interpretation

Collections: Entire Library

...Benefits and Socialization of Costs and Risks. by Chuenchom Sangarasri Greacen...making, and the ways in which benefits and risks are allocated between the private sector...comments on the final plan, warning of the risks of market power if EGAT were split into...
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Transgender and HIV: Risks, Prevention, and Care

Journal article by Misty K. Hook; Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, Vol. 52, 2005

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Transgender and HIV: Risks, Prevention, and Care (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

Transgender and HIV: Risks, Prevention, and Care. by Misty K. Hook Transgender and HIV: Risks, Prevention, and Care. Edited by Walter Bockting...points out that, in addition to the usual risks of prostitution, unprotected sex, and drug...
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The Future of Higher Education: Rhetoric, Reality, and the Risks of the Market

Journal article by Gustavo J. Gregorutti; Journal of Higher Education, Vol. 78, 2007

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, The Future of Higher Education: Rhetoric, Reality, and the Risks of the Market (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...Higher Education: Rhetoric, Reality, and the Risks of the Market. by Gustavo J. Gregorutti...Higher Education: Rhetoric, Reality, and the Risks of the Market, by Frank Newman, Lara Couturier...must mirror societys needs to avoid social risks. In this book, Newman, Couturier, and Scurry...
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Asian Informal Workers: Global Risks, Local Protection

Journal article by T.S. Papola; International Labour Review, Vol. 146, 2007

Subjects:

Asian Informal Workers: Global Risks Local Protection (Book)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews

Collections: Entire Library

Asian Informal Workers: Global Risks, Local Protection. by T.S. Papola Asian informal workers: Global risks, local protection. Edited by Santosh MEHROTRA and Mario BIGGERI. Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia. xxxii + 475...
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Balancing Risks: Great Power Intervention in the Periphery

Journal article by Stephen Blank; Parameters, Vol. 35, 2005

Subjects:

Balancing Risks: Great Power Intervention in the Periphery (Book)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews

Collections: Entire Library

Balancing Risks: Great Power Intervention in the Periphery. by Stephen Blank Balancing Risks: Great Power Intervention in the Periphery...is what drives great powers to take major risks in peripheral areas of world politics even...

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Magazine Articles on: risks

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The Ecological Risks of Engineered Crops

Magazine article; Whole Earth, Summer 1999

Subjects:

Books--Reviews, The Ecological Risks of Engineered Crops (Book)--Reviews

Collections: Entire Library

THE ECOLOGICAL RISKS OF ENGINEERED CROPS Jane Rissler and...is always more difficult to assess the risks of the unknown than to tout the promises...and best-written assessment of current risks and knowledge in the field, without a trace...
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Information Assurance: Managing Organizational IT Security Risks

Magazine article by Brent Campbell; Security Management, Vol. 48, February 2004

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Information Assurance: Managing Organizational IT Security Risks (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Entire Library

Information Assurance: Managing Organizational IT Security Risks. by Brent Campbell Information Assurance: Managing Organizational IT Security Risks. By Joseph G. Boyce and Dan W. Jennings; published by Butter-worth-Heinemann; 800/545-2522...
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Business Confronts Terrorism: Risks and Response

Magazine article by Glen Kitteringham; Security Management, Vol. 49, January 2005

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Business Confronts Terrorism: Risks and Response (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Entire Library

Business Confronts Terrorism: Risks and Response. by Glen Kitteringham Business Confronts Terrorism: Risks and Response. By Dean C. Alexander; published by the University of Wisconsin Press, 773/702-7000 (phone), www.wisc.edu/wisconsinpress...
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The Risks of Disrupting Climate

Magazine article by Molly O'Meara; World Watch, Vol. 10, November 1997

Subjects:

Climatic changes--Environmental aspects, Global warming--Environmental aspects

Collections: Entire Library

The risks of disrupting climate by Molly OMeara...countries will address some of the largest risks the world has ever faced: the potentially...us to the tools we now use to assess many risks. During the mid-seventeenth century, mathematician...
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Climate Change: Investor Summit Assesses Risks and Opportunities

Magazine article by Amir A. Dossal, Mindy S. Lubber; UN Chronicle, Vol. 42, June 2005

Subjects:

Air pollution control, Air quality management, Climate change--Economic aspects, Climate change--International aspects, Climate change--Political aspects, Climatic changes--Economic aspects, Climatic changes--International aspects, Climatic changes--Political aspects, Financial institutions--Economic aspects, Financial institutions--Investments, Institutional investments--Economic aspects, Protocol to the Framework Convention on Climate Change, 1997, United States--Environmental policy

Collections: Entire Library

...Climate Change: Investor Summit Assesses Risks and Opportunities. by Amir A. Dossal...on 10 May 2005 to explore the financial risks and opportunities of global climate change...improving corporate disclosures of the risks, the group turned their attention to defining...

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Newspaper Articles on: risks

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FACING PRENATAL TESTS; Screening for Problems Carries Risks to Weigh against Benefits

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 31, 2002

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...PRENATAL TESTS; Screening for problems carries risks to weigh against benefits Byline...Khoury says women need to be aware of the risks in either procedure. Amniocentesis, performed...I recommend they be educated about the risks. There is a 1 in 200 chance of miscarriage...
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Taking Risks on a Slipperyslope. Sometimes It's What Our Kids Need

Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), February 25, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Taking Risks on a Slipperyslope. Sometimes Its What Our...indefensible for anyone to take unnecessary risks with someone elses life or limb. And last...adulthood wrapped in a cocoon. Learning to take risks and pick yourself up after a tumble (real...
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Inflation, Market Turmoil Seen Risks to Asian Economic Growth

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, November 19, 2007

Subjects:

World Bank

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Inflation, Market Turmoil Seen Risks to Asian Economic Growth. SINGAPORE...in financial markets posed the biggest risks to economic growth in Asia. Speaking to...8.5 percent last year. "There are a few risks, one is of course inflationary pressures...
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UK Business Failing to Address Increasing Cyber Risks

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), April 3, 2007

Subjects:

Aon Corp.--Reports, Aon Corp.--Safety and security measures, Business consultants--Reports, Insurance industry--Reports, Management consultants--Reports

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Business Failing to Address Increasing Cyber Risks. UK business is sleepwalking into dependence...the gap widens between increased cyber risks and the measures employed to manage them...per incident by not working out their IT risks and addressing them effectively." As the...
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FDA Persuades Pfizer to Pull Bextra; Says Prescription Painkiller's Risks Outweigh Benefits to Public

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, April 8, 2005

Subjects:

Merck and Company Inc., Pfizer Inc., Pharmaceutical industry, United States. Food and Drug Administration

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Pull Bextra; Says Prescription Painkillers Risks Outweigh Benefits to Public. Byline...selling Bextra because it posed too many risks to benefit the public. Nearly 12.9 million...last year. In addition to the increased risks associated with the anti-inflammatory drug...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: risks

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Insurance

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...underwriting, the determination of which risks the insurer can take on; and rate making...decisions regarding necessary prices for such risks. The underwriter is responsible for guarding...where traders were encouraged to assume the risks of the caravan trade through loans that...
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Entrepreneur

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

ENTREPRENEUR an tr pr nur Fr.,=one who undertakes, person who assumes the organization, management, and risks of a business enterprise. It was first used as a technical economic term by the 18th-century economist Richard Cantillon. To the...
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Broker

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...sold nor receives the goods procured; brokers take no market risks and transfer no title to goods or to anything else. A broker...several types of insurance protection and to those whose large risks must be divided among many companies. Real estate brokers negotiate...
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Speculation

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...productive enterprise in order to share in its earnings. The term is sometimes applied to investment in a venture involving abnormal risks along with the chance to earn unusually large profits, but most speculation consists in the buying and selling of commodities...
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Informed Consent

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...medical procedure or other course of treatment, given after the physician has told the patient all of the potential benefits, risks, and alternatives involved. Informed consent is also required for participation in clinical studies. The concept of informed...

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