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Reference code
LD/3/8/4/4
Title
Audio recording of Sir Liam's appearance on BBC Radio 4 documentary Scarily Good Health
Date(s)
- 18 Jan 2000 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
1 item, CD.
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Scope and content
Analysis of health-scares propogated by the health care industry into people's lifestyle and eating habits, whether they have any basis to them and whether this detracts from more prevelant health issues, such as communicable diseases.
Sir Liam gives his expert medical opinion, arguing that while information overload does feed the public undertanding of risk, politicians and health professionals need to be more open where uncertainty exists. He also warns that some of the polluting effects of global warming have had a negative impact on the spread of communicable diseases.
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Conditions governing access
Open.