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Who's in charge? : leadership during epidemics, bioterror, attacks, and other public health crises /
"With a new preface assessing leadership responses to the coronavirus pandemic, this classic text explores leadership problems that can develop during public health crises such as the 2001 anthrax attacks, 2003 SARS epidemic, and 1980's-90's Mad Cow disease epidemic. A threat to publ...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Santa Barbara, California :
Praeger Security International, Praeger, an imprint of ABC-Clio, LLC,
[2020]
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| Edición: | Second edition with a new preface. |
| Colección: | Praeger security international (Series)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Understanding Leadership
- An Overview of Leadership
- Studying Public Health Leadership
- Political Leaders and Bureaucrats
- Defining Leadership
- 2. The Long March to Improving the Public's Health
- Infectious Disease Epidemics
- Vaccines: A Fortunate Coincidence
- An Unfortunate Side Effect of Hospitals
- Early Public Health Epidemics in the Newly Formed United States
- Sweeping Social Changes in Europe
- The Father of Epidemiology
- Crossing Borders: European Influences on Early American Public Health Efforts
- Awakenings: A Long-Awaited Breakthrough
- The Germ Theory of Disease
- The Civil War and the Changing Face of U.S. Public Health
- Postwar Public Health Developments
- The Beginnings of International Health
- Pandemic Influenza in the Early 20th Century
- The Beginnings of the World Health Organization
- The HIV/AIDS Pandemic
- Public Health Past, Present, and Future
- 3. Microbes as Weapons
- Biowarfare and Bioterrorism through the Ages
- Advances in the 20th Century
- The Role of the United States
- The Role of the Soviet Union
- Terrorist Acts by Groups and Individuals
- Emerging Concerns
- 4. Rising to the Occasion
- Political Leadership during Infectious Disease Crises
- Anthrax Attack, Fall 2001, Hamilton Township, New Jersey
- Mayor Glen D. Gilmore, Hamilton Township, New Jersey
- Cryptosporidium Outbreak, Spring 1993, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Mayor John Norquist, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), Spring 2003, Toronto, Canada
- Deputy Mayor Case Ootes, Toronto, Canada
- Conclusion
- 5. Success Favors the Prepared Public Health Leader
- Anthrax Attacks in New Jersey, Florida, Maryland, and New York
- New Jersey
- Florida
- Maryland
- New York City
- Cryptosporidium in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- SARS in Toronto, Canada
- Conclusion
- 6. Confronting Uncertainty
- The 1976-77 Swine Flu Dilemma
- The 1997 Avian Flu Dilemma
- The 2009 Swine Flu Dilemma
- Leaders' Responses to Disease Threats
- Information Required for Decision Making
- Conclusion
- 7. Part I: The Vital Link between Animal and Human Health
- The Impact of Animal Health Crises
- Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)
- Views of the Crisis
- Conclusion
- Part II: The Vital Link between Animal and Human Health
- The Foot-and-Mouth Disease Crisis
- Views of the Crisis
- Summing Up
- Conclusion
- 8. Reaching the Masses
- Risk Assessment, Perception, and Communication
- Smallpox Outbreak in New York City, 1947
- The Changing Media
- From the Media Perspective
- Anthrax Outbreak in New Jersey, 2001
- Cryptosporidium Outbreak in Wisconsin, 1993
- SARS Outbreak in Toronto, 2003
- Conclusion
- 9. All Hands on Deck
- Worst Case Scenarios
- Legal Challenges of Public Health and Bioterrorism
- Improving Preparedness
- A Better Model