Risk

Author: Baruch Fischhoff
Edition: 1st
Binding: Kindle Edition
ISBN: B005YMCC78
Category: Medical

Risk: A Very Short Introduction

We find risks everywhere--from genetically modified crops, medical malpractice, and stem-cell therapy to intimacy, online predators, identity theft, inflation, and robbery. Download Risk medical books for free.
They arise from our own acts and they are imposed on us. In this Very Short Introduction, Baruch Fischhoff and John Kadvany draw on the sciences and humanities to explore and explain the many kinds of risk. Using simple conceptual frameworks from decision theory and behavioural research, they examine the
science and practice of creating measures of risk, showing how scientists address risks by combining historical records, scientific theories, probability, and expert judgment.Risk: A Very Short Introduction describes what has been learned by cognitive scientists about Get Risk our bestseller medical books.

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