Tolerability Of Risk A New Framework for Risk Management

Format:	Hardback (Visa alla format)
Förlag:	Earthscan Ltd (2007)
Språk:	English
Artikelid:	9781844073986
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There is increasing dissatisfaction with how risk is regulated. This is leading to vivid debates about the use of 'risk assessment' and 'precaution' and, as a result, academics, government officials and industry leaders are calling for new approaches and fresh ideas. The book provides a historical and topical perspective on the alternative concept of 'Tolerability of Risk' (TOR) and its concrete regulatory applications. In the UK, "Tolerability of Risk" has been developed into a sophisticated framework particularly within the health and safety sectors (HSE 1988, HSE 2001). It is expected to guide decision makers when applying their legal obligation of keeping risks as low as practically reasonable. Written by leading academics and risk practitioners from industry and government, the book presents a summary of theoretical perspectives on risk approaches, provides a detailed elicitation of the methods and approaches used to build the Tolerability of Risk framework and looks at the prospect for universal application of the framework across a wide area of risk.

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Frederic Bouder is a senior policy analyst at the King's Centre for Risk Management, King's College London, UK. David Slavin is a former physician and an expert in health and safety regulation, currently working for Pfizer Inc. Ragnar Lofstedt is Professor of Risk Management and Director of King's Centre for Risk Management, Series Editor of The Risk, Society and Policy Series and author and editor of numerous books including co-editor of Facility Siting, Transboundary Risk Management, The Earthscan Reader in Risk and Modern Society and Cases in Climate Policy

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Introduction; * Conceptual Elements; * Towards an Integrative Risk Approach; * An Historical Perspective on Tolerability of Risk; * Tolerability of Risk: The Regulator's Story; * Applying HSE's Risk Decision Model; * Why TOR Works Where It Works; * TOR in the Health Sector; * Index.

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'The Tolerability of Risk... offers a well-reasoned pitch on behalf of a framework for risk managers who need to move from a risk problem to a management solution and who want to do so with sensitivity to the many likely constituents who will perceive a stake in the outcome.' Science Communication

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