Communicating Toxicogenomics Information to Nonexperts

Communicating Toxicogenomics Information to Nonexperts

A Workshop Summary

  • Publisher: National Academies Press
  • ISBN: 9780309095389
  • eISBN Pdf: 9780309547666
  • eISBN Epub: 9780309181969
  • Place of publication:  United States
  • Year of digital publication: 2005
  • Month: April
  • Pages: 61
  • DDC: 576
  • Language: English

Toxicogenomics, the study of how genomes respond to exposure to toxicants, may ultimately hold the promise of detecting changes in the expression of a person's genes if he or she is exposed to these toxicants. As the technology rapidly develops, it is critical that scientists and the public communicate about the promises and limitations of this new field. Communicating technical information to the public about a developing science can be challenging, particularly when the applications of that science are not yet well understood.

Communicating Toxicogenomics Information to Nonexperts is the summary of a workshop designed to consider strategies for communicating toxicogenomic information to the public and other non- expert audiences, specifically addressing the communication of some key social, ethical, and legal issues related to toxicogenomics and addressing how information related to the social implications of toxicogenomics might be perceived by nonexperts.

  • FrontMatter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Abstract
  • Summary of the Workshop
    • OVERVIEW
    • INTRODUCTION TO TOXICOGENOMICS
    • RISK COMMUNICATION
    • SUFFICIENCY OF INFORMATION
    • CAPACITY TO ACCESS AND UNDERSTAND INFORMATION
    • EMOTIONAL RESPONSES TO RISKS
    • TRUST IN SCIENTIFIC AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND MASS-MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS
    • WRAP UP: DEVELOPING TOOLS FOR EFFECTIVE TOXICOGENOMICS COMMUNICATION
    • REFERENCES
  • Appendixes
  • Appendix A Statement of Task
  • Appendix B Workshop Agenda
  • Appendix C Biographical Information on the Committee on Communicating Toxicogenomics Information to Nonexperts: A Workshop Summary
  • Appendix D Biographical Information on the Workshop Speakers

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