The Mad cow crisis: health and the public good

The announcement that BOSER might cause a fatal human disease Creutzfeldt- Jacob disease CJD triggered enormous media attention, public alarm and government wrangling that threatened the future of European integration.; As Scott Ratzan argues: is my belief that the BOSER crisis represents a quintessential case that will go down in history as the Exxon Valdez Union Carbide's Bhopal accident, and other such cases of interdisciplinary study.; This book offers lessons learned from the crisis, with contributions from experts with different viewpoints - veterinarians, Eurocrats, public relations experts, politicians, policy- makers, journalists and representatives of the beef industry.; It also offers a compilation of the key reports from governmental bodies. as a case-study in policy-making, scientific/health discovery and dissemination of information, as well as looking at the issues from the perspective of psychology and media studies.