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Denying to the grave : why we ignore the facts that will save us / Sara E. Gorman, PhD, MPH, Jack M. Gorman, MD

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: New York, NY, United States of Amercia : Oxford University Press, [2017]Description: x, 312 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780199396603
  • 0199396604
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • RA418 .G64 2017
Contents:
Introduction -- Conspiracy theories -- Charismatic leaders -- Confirmation bias -- Causality and filling the ignorance gap -- Avoidance of complexity -- Risk perception and probability -- Conclusion
Summary: Why do some parents refuse to vaccinate their children? Why do some keep guns at home, despite scientific evidence of risk to their family members? And why do people use antibiotics for illnesses they can't possibly alleviate? When it comes to health, many people insist that science is wrong, that the evidence is incomplete or inconclusive, and that unidentified hazards lurk everywhere to harm us

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction -- Conspiracy theories -- Charismatic leaders -- Confirmation bias -- Causality and filling the ignorance gap -- Avoidance of complexity -- Risk perception and probability -- Conclusion

Why do some parents refuse to vaccinate their children? Why do some keep guns at home, despite scientific evidence of risk to their family members? And why do people use antibiotics for illnesses they can't possibly alleviate? When it comes to health, many people insist that science is wrong, that the evidence is incomplete or inconclusive, and that unidentified hazards lurk everywhere to harm us

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