Citation

Fischhoff B. Risk Anal. 1995; 15(2): 137-145.

Affiliation

Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1995, Society for Risk Analysis, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7597253

Abstract

Over the past twenty years, risk communication researchers and practitioners have learned some lessons, often at considerable personal price. For the most part, the mistakes that they have made have been natural, even intelligent ones. As a result, the same pitfalls may tempt newcomers to the field. This essay offers a personal (even confessional) history of the field over this period. It identifies a series of developmental stages. Progress through the stages involves consolidating the skills needed to execute it and learning its limitations. Knowing about their existence might speed the learning process and alert one to how much there still is to learn.

Language: en