TY  - BOOK
AU  - Siegel,Marc
TI  - False alarm: the truth about the epidemic of fear 
SN  - 0471678694 (cloth)
U1  - 302.17 23
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Hoboken, N.J.
PB  - John Wiley & Sons
KW  - Fear
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Epidemics
KW  - Security (Psychology)
KW  - Social control
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-235) and index; Introduction : the fear epidemic -- Why are we so afraid? -- It works for animals but not for us -- Our culture of worry -- Playing politics with fear -- Disasters : real or imagined -- Finding things to worry about -- Profiting from fear -- Anthrax -- Insects, pox, and lethal gas -- SARS -- Flu -- Cows, birds, and humans  -- The fear prophets -- Is there a cure for fear?
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