Decisions about Life-Threatening Risks
- 21 July 1994
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 331 (3) , 193-196
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199407213310311
Abstract
As a society and as individuals, we Americans are preoccupied with risks, particularly risks to life. From AIDS to cancer to heart disease, from Alar to asbestos to benzene, from eating to drinking to smoking -- we worry about all the risks of living. We allocate substantial time, effort, and money to reducing risks, yet most of us believe that our world is riskier now than it was a generation ago. This simply is not so. Life expectancy in the United States has increased despite the scourges of cancer, AIDS, and violent crime. Still, major national and personal agendas to . . .Keywords
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