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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services studies in the history of medicine, health, and society ; 34.Publication details: Montreal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2010 2010)Description: 1 online resource (xii, 451 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780773576858
  • 0773576851
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 614.5
LOC classification:
  • RA644.S17 T97 2010eb
NLM classification:
  • WC 505
Online resources:
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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Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-440) and index.

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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