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By Richard Wilson and Edmund A.C. Crouch. 370 pp., illustrated. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press, 2001. $25. ISBN 0-674-00529-5.

Risk–Benefit Analysis comprises a constellation of methods, drawn from many disciplines, and addresses the question of whether a risk is "acceptable." Whether this question is raised in the context of clinical decision making or public policy, the principles are the same: the analysis requires a comprehensive estimation and evaluation of risks and benefits, highlighting the trade-offs between the two that inform a policy decision. Such analysis also entails a careful quantification of the costs associated with a proposed program for reducing or avoiding risks.

The book is written by two Harvard physicists who have enjoyed high-profile careers as risk analysts, . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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