Ebola's message : public health and medicine in the twenty-first century / edited by Nicholas G. Evans, Tara C. Smith, and Maimuna S. Majumder.

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2016]

xvii, 267 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

What is ebola? / Stephen Goldstein -- Ebola in West Africa : from the frontline / Patricia C. Henwood -- Clinical management of ebola virus disease in resource-rich settings / Michael J. Connor, Jr. -- Modeling the ebola epidemic : challenges and lessons for the future / Christian L. Althaus -- Outbreak of ebola virus disease in Guinea : where ecology meets economy / Daniel G. Bausch and Lara Schwarz -- Challenges in the management of the West African ebola outbreak / Armand Sprecher -- What's the matter boss, we sick? A meditation on ebola's origin stories / Adia Benton -- American perceptions of Africa during an ebola outbreak / Kim Yi Dionne and Laura Seay -- The ebola sentinel : a legal analysis of US pandemic preparedness / Alexandra L. Phelan -- Talking about ebola : medical journalism in an age of social media / Cyril Ibe -- Risk watch : media coverage of ebola in the digital communication era / Christine Russell -- When reassurance doesn't reassure : reporters, sources, and ebola in Dallas / Marjorie Kruvand -- The use and study of unregistered ebola interventions : ethics and equipoise / Michael J, Selgelid -- (How) should experimental vaccines and treatments for ebola be used? / Annette Rid -- History, culture, and social norms : implications for ebola drug and vaccine clinical trials / Morenike Oluwatoyin Folayan and Bredget Haire -- Rejecting quarantine : a frozen in time reaction to disease / Kelly Hills --Epilogue : ethical lessons from ebola virus disease / Lisa M. Lee.

Includes bibliographical references and index.