Is scientific knowledge useful for decision making?

5/23/01


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Table of Contents

Is scientific knowledge useful for decision making?

Why this question?

The right question

Why public health?

What is wrong between decision makers and researchers?

Bounded rationality

Prediction and action

The context of decision

The context of decision

Deadlines

The time to learn

Attitude towards risk and uncertainty

Accountability

The remedies

Uncertainty

Translation

Strategic thinking

Deadlines

Ethics

Author: gérard