False alarm : the truth about the epidemic of fear /

False alarm : the truth about the epidemic of fear /

מידע ביבליוגרפי
מחבר ראשי: Siegel, Marc (Marc K.)
פורמט: ספר
שפה:English
יצא לאור: Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2005.
נושאים:
Fear > Social aspects.
Epidemics > Social aspects.
Security (Psychology)
Social control.
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תוכן הענינים:
  • Introduction : the fear epidemic
  • Why are we so afraid?
  • It works for animals but not for us
  • Our culture of worry
  • Playing politics with fear
  • Disasters : real or imagined
  • Finding things to worry about
  • Profiting from fear
  • Anthrax
  • Insects, pox, and lethal gas
  • SARS
  • Flu
  • Cows, birds, and humans
  • The fear prophets
  • Is there a cure for fear?.

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