<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><rec-number>2894</rec-number><ref-type>Book</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sagoff, Mark</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Risk-benefit analysis in decisions concerning public safety and health</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">CSEP module series in applied ethics;</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">--</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">accident</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">analysis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">assessment.;</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cost-Benefit</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">DECISION</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ethics</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">HEALTH</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">making.;</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">policy</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Prevention</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">PUBLIC</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">RISK</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">States.</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">States.;</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">United</style></keyword></keywords><taxonomies><taxonomy><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Engineering </style></taxonomy><taxonomy><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Risk Assessment</style></taxonomy><taxonomy><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Health risk assessment.; Public health -- Decision making.; Accident Prevention -- United States.; Cost-Benefit Analysis -- United States.; Public Health -- United States.; Public Policy -- United States.; Ethics -- United States.</style></taxonomy></taxonomies><pubtype><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Book</style></pubtype><audience-level><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ug</style></audience-level><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1985</style></year></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://ethics.iit.edu/publication/RiskAnalysis_Sagoff.pdf</style></url></web-urls></urls><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kendall/Hunt Pub. Co.</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Dubuque, Iowa</style></pub-location><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">iii, 39 p.</style></pages><isbn><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">0840336004 </style></isbn><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">This publication looks at the use of risk-benefit analysis to answer questions engineers often face when making decisions about public safety and health. It explains how risk-benefit analysis can be used in answering questions such as “how safe is safe enough?” and then defends the thesis that this form of analysis cannot provide answers to questions about public safety and health. While risk-benefit analysis offers guidance for policy decisions, it does not provide an adequate basis for reaching or for justifying these decisions. The module looks at the ethical basis and free market justification of this form analysis, and then looks at the practical methods that risk-benefit analysis employs and the difficulties faced in using these methods, such as the predictability of harmful events occurring, and the human factor. Includes bibliography of related materials.</style></abstract><accession-num><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">13332581</style></accession-num><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">23 cm.Bibliography: p. 36-39.Mark Sagoff. More Records: Show record informationBook</style></notes></record></records></xml>