SARS unmasked : risk communication of pandemics and influenza in Canada / Michael G. Tyshenko ; with assistance from Cathy Paterson.

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2010.

xii, 451 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Part one: SARS in Canada. SARS timeline : what happened when in Canada -- Emergency room culture and dealing with SARS -- Properties of coronaviruses and factors contributing to SARS transmission -- The SARS experience -- The social amplification of rish and SARS as a risk issue -- The stigma of SARS and its effect on people and places -- The need for sex- and gender-sensitive supports for healthcare workers during infectious disease outbreaks -- SARS hospitals and infectious disease response -- Public SARS reports : recommendations from expert panels -- Part two: Risk Communication and pandemic disease. Risk communication of SARS in Canada -- SARS and risk communication in other affected countries -- Avian influenza -- Emergancy preparedness for future pandemics : lessons from SARS.

Includes bibliographical references and index.