This volume contains six essays on a variety of topics related to the measurement of individual preferences for different health and medical interventions, focusing on parental decision-making
to alleviate acute health conditions in the family; adolescent girls’ preferences for different ranges of protection provided by HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccines; gender differences in risk
attitudes towards health; Alzheimer’s patients and their spouse caregivers’ willingness to pay for treatments; the measurement of the health benefits in food safety programs; and pesticides and
health effects, risks, and benefit-cost analysis. Contributors are economics, health, and other researchers from the US, Israel, and Europe. Distributed in North America by Turpin Distribution.
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