Epidemics
Science, Governance and Social Justice
Recent disease events such as SARS, H1N1 and avian influenza, and haemorrhagic fevers have focussed policy and public concern as never before on epidemics and so-called 'emerging infectious diseases'. Understanding and responding to these often unpredictable events have become major challenges for local, national and international bodies. All too often, responses can become restricted by implicit assumptions about who or what is to blame that may not capture the dynamics and uncertainties at play in the multi-scale interactions of people, animals and microbes. As a result, policies intended to forestall epidemics may fail, and may even furthe…
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Weitere Autoren: Leach, Melissa (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-136-53222-1
- EAN: 9781136532221
- Produktnummer: 13863315
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
- Seitenangabe: 320 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 1'847 KB
Über den Autor
Sarah Dry is a Research Officer at the STEPS Centre. She received her PhD in history of science from the University of Cambridge in 2006. Her research interests include the history of Victorian meteorology and 20th century radiation, and contemporary health policy.Melissa Leach is the main Director of the STEPS Centre, Sussex and a Professorial Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Sussex.
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