Could measuring of perceived risk among general practitioners have helped anticipate the French BSE crisis?
In October of 2000, a second BSE crisis caught French public authorities unprepared and caused a collapse in beef consumption as well as considerable political turmoil. Data collected between May and July, 2000, among a group of general practitioners (GPs), while national consumption of beef was back to pre-BSE levels, paradoxically showed high latent risk perception, suggesting a new crisis was possible or likely.
Setbon
Michel
M
CNRS, LEST, Aix-en-Provence, France.
Fischler
Claude
C
Lukasiewicz
Esther
E
Raude
Jocelyn
J
Flahault
Antoine
A
D000818:Animals; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002417:Cattle; D003142:Communication; D005194:Family Practice; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005523:Food Supply; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D008460:Meat; D011640:Public Policy; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012308:Risk Management