<p> The purpose of this paper is to examine how lay perceptions
of risk influence individual behaviour. The study focuses on
health care practitioners who are daily exposed to low levels of
ionizing radiation. By using qualitative research methods, the
goal was to understand how individuals attach meaning to the
environment they work in, when there is a risk involved. It
points out that people must go through a risk assessing
procedure, in order· to be able to deal with the daily risks to
their health. People will develop different mechanism to cope
with this daily risk. A model of risk perception was developed
from this qualitative data. It is hoped that this model will
contribute to the existing literature on risk perception models. </p> / Thesis / Bachelor of Arts (BA)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:mcmaster.ca/oai:macsphere.mcmaster.ca:11375/19861 |
| Date | 04 1900 |
| Creators | Ormond, Andrea |
| Contributors | Eyles, John, Geography |
| Source Sets | McMaster University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
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