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Ethics and security aspects of infectious disease control : interdisciplinary perspectives /
The actual or potential burden of infectious diseases is sometimes so great that governments treat them as threats to national security. However, such treatment potentially increases the risk that emergency disease-control measures will be ineffective, counterproductive and/or unjust. Research on et...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT :
Ashgate,
©2012.
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| Colección: | Global health.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The actual or potential burden of infectious diseases is sometimes so great that governments treat them as threats to national security. However, such treatment potentially increases the risk that emergency disease-control measures will be ineffective, counterproductive and/or unjust. Research on ethical issues associated with infectious disease is a relatively new and rapidly growing area of academic inquiry, as is research on infectious diseases within the field of security studies. This volume incorporates ethical and security perspectives, thus furthering research in both fields. Its uniqu. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 240 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781409422549 1409422542 9781409470892 140947089X 1317141288 9781317141280 |