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The new global threat : severe acute respiratory syndrome and its impacts / editors, Tommy Koh, Aileen Plant, Eng Hin Lee

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Severe acute respiratory syndrome and its impacts
Published
Singapore : World Scientific Pub. Co., [2003]
Copyright Date
©2003
Physical Description
1 online resource (xxviii, 327 pages) : illustrations
Additional Creators
Koh, Tommy T. B. (Tommy Thong Bee), 1937-, Plant, Aileen J., and Lee, Eng Hin, 1947-
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English.
Contents
1. WHO: at the forefront of combating SARS -- 2. Fighting infectous diseases: one mission, many agents / Shiping Tang -- 3. SARS, anti-populism, and elite lies: temporary disorders in China / Lynn T. White III -- 4. Baptism by storm: the SARS crisis' imprint on China's new leadership / Christopher A. McNally -- 5. The impact of SARS on Hong Kong society and culture: some personal reflections / Leo Ou-fan Lee -- 6. SARS and the HKSAR governing crisis / Ma Ngok -- 7. The social impact of SARS: sustainable action for the rejuvenation of society / Cecilia L.W. Chan -- 8. Catching SARS in the HKSAR: fallout on economy and community / Yun-Wing Sung and Fanny M. Cheung -- 9. Will SARS result in a financial crisis? Differentiating real, transient, and permanent economic effects of a health crisis / Frank T. Lorne -- 10. Facing the unknowns of SARS in Hong Kong / Kwok-yung Yuen and Malik Peiris -- 11. SARS, policy-making and lesson-drawing / Khai Leong Ho -- 12. SARS: a psychological perspective / George D. Bishop -- 13. Cracking the genome of the SARS virus / Lawrence W. Stanton -- 14. The infection control response to SARS in hospitals and institutions / Paul A. Tambyah -- 15. SARS: lessons on the role of social responsibility in containing an epidemic / Pheng-Soon Lee -- 16. Combating SARS with infrared fever screening system (IFss) / Yang How Tan -- 17. Epidemiology and control of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak in Taiwan / Chien-Jen Chen, Yin-Chu Chien and Hwai-I Yang -- 18. SARS in Canada: the story of SARS in Canada is essentially Toronto's Tale / Pauline Chan.
Summary
A disease that has given globalization a bad name, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), has plagued no fewer than 30 areas in recent months. In this book, for the first time, leading scientists and researchers converge to shed light on the impacts and implications of this new global threat. Collected together within the volume are more than 20 articles that discuss and examine the SARS outbreak from wide-ranging perspectives - political, social, economic and health. The reader is given insights into how the SARS outbreak has altered public and political understanding of the threat of infec.
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ISBN
9812388907 (electronic bk.)
9789812388902 (electronic bk.)
9812386688 (pbk.)
9789812386687 (pbk.)
9812386653
9789812386656
1281871907
9781281871909
9786611871901
661187190X
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Includes bibliographical references.
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