@article{ref1,
title="Shooting the messenger: the erosion of trust in science and what to do about it",
journal="Australasian physical and engineering sciences in medicine",
year="2015",
author="Burrage, John",
volume="38",
number="1",
pages="1-3",
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...<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0158-9938",
doi="10.1007/s13246-015-0335-8",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13246-015-0335-8"
}