Sars In China: Prelude To Pandemic? - Couverture souple

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ISBN 10 : 0804753148 ISBN 13 : 9780804753142

Editeur : Stanford University Press, 2005

Synopsis

The SARS epidemic of 2003 was one of the most serious public health crises of our times. The event, which lasted only a few months, is best seen as a warning shot, a wake-up call for public health professionals, security officials, economic planners, and policy makers everywhere.

SARS in China addresses the structure and impact of the epidemic and its short and medium range implications for an interconnected, globalized world. Warnings from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) made it clear that SARS may have been a prelude to bigger things. The authors of this volume focus on specific aspects of the SARS outbreak--epidemiological, political, economic, social, cultural, and moral. They analyze SARS as a form of social suffering and raise questions about the relevance of national sovereignty in the face of such global threats. Taken together, these essays demonstrate that SARS had the potential of becoming a major turning point in human history. This book forces us to ask what we have learned from SARS as we go on to face newer, and farther-reaching pandemics. The current case of the COVID-19 outbreak amplifies the urgency of this question, and illuminates the strengths and shortcomings of different national responses to such pandemics.

Contributors:

Erik Eckholm

Joan Kaufman

Arthur Kleinman

Dominic Lee

Sing Lee

Megan Murray

Thomas G. Rawski

Tony Saich

Alan Schnur

James L. Watson

Hong Zhang

Yun Kwok Wing

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Arthur Kleinman is Esther and Sidney Rabb Professor and Chair of the Department of Anthropology, Harvard University, and Professor of Medical Anthropology and Social Medicine at the Harvard Medical School. James L. Watson is Fairbank Professor of Chinese Society and Professor of Anthropology at Harvard University. He is also the author of Golden Arches East: McDonald's in East Asia (Stanford University Press, 1997).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Stanford University Press
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0804753148
• ISBN 13: 9780804753142
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Éditeur: Kleinman Arthur, Watson James L.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible