Epidemics : science, governance, and social justice /

Recent disease events such as SARS, H1N1 and avian influenza, and haemorrhagic fevers have focussed policy and public concern as never before on epidemics and so-called 'emerging infectious diseases'. Understanding and responding to these often unpredictable events have become major challe...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Dry, Sarah, 1974-, Leach, Melissa
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; Washington, DC : Earthscan, 2010.
Colección:Pathways to sustainability series.
Temas:
Epidemics.
Epidemics > Social aspects.
Epidemics > Political aspects.
Social medicine.
Disease Outbreaks > ethics
Social Medicine
Epidemics
Médecine sociale.
Épidémies.
Épidémies > Aspect social.
Épidémies > Aspect politique.
epidemics.
MEDICAL > Health Risk Assessment.
MEDICAL > Epidemiology.
Social medicine
Epidemics > Political aspects
Epidemics > Social aspects
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Local practice versus exceptionalist rhetoric: case studies of HIV/AIDS programming in South Africa
  • Fighting the flu: risk, uncertainity and surveillance
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