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

  • Tyshenko, Michael G. (Michael George), 1964-
Date:
2010
  • Books

About this work

Publication/Creation

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

Physical description

xii, 451 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

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.

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  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    FQ.54.AA10
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ISBN

  • 9780773536173
  • 0773536175
  • 9780773536180
  • 0773536183