Communicating toxicogenomics information to nonexperts : a workshop summary
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Communicating Toxicogenomics Information to Nonexperts.; National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on
- ناشر : Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press,
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2005
- شابک / ISBN : 9780309095389
Description
ABSTRACT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 SUMMARY OF THE WORKSHOP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Overview.............................................5 Introduction to Toxicogenomics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Risk Communication...................................11 Sufficiency of Information..............................18 Capacity to Access and Understand Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Emotional Responses to Risks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Trust in Scientific and Government Agencies and Mass-Media Organizations.....................................28 Wrap Up: Developing Tools for Effective Toxicogenomics Communication....................................29 References...........................................34 APPENDIXES A:Statement of Task..................................37 B: Workshop Agenda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 C: Biographical Information on the Committee on Communicating Toxicogenomics Information to Nonexperts: A Workshop Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 D: Biographical Information on the Workshop Speakers . . . . . . . 45
Considers strategies for communicating toxicogenomic information to the public and other non-expert audiences, specifically addressing the communication of some key social, ethical, and legal issues related to toxicogenomics and addressing how information related to the social implications of toxicogenomics might be perceived by nonexperts.
