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Citation |
Burrage J. Australas. Phys. Eng. Sci. Med. 2015; 38(1): 1-3. |
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(Copyright © 2015, Australasian College of Physical Scientists in Medicine) |
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Abstract |
In the last few weeks I have been involved in several radiation safety education sessions at Perth's newest hospital, Fiona Stanley. Although the vast majority of attending staff take a fairly sensible approach, there is often a small group that appear slightly apprehensive or distrustful of the presented material. The tone seems to be; what are you hiding? Why won't you confess that all radiation is terribly dangerous? We don't trust you!So what do we make of this? By itself; not much, there have always been malcontents. However, I believe it is not inconsistent with a phenomenon happening on a larger scale; the subjection of scientific credibility to unprecedented pressure. I contend that the evidence is ample; it is becoming harder and harder to read a newspaper or surf the net without reading of a dispute over what was thought to be an accepted scientific position. The logical consequence of this constant doubting is a gradual erosion of the general public's trust of science and sc... Language: en |