SARS in China Prelude to Pandemic?

Name: SARS in China Prelude to Pandemic?
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ISBN: 9780804753142

ISBN-10: 0804753148

ISBN-13: 9780804753142

Edition: 2005

Authors: Arthur Kleinman, James L. Watson

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'SARS in China' addresses the structure and impact of the epidemic and its short and medium range implications for an interconnected, globalised world.

Book details

List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication date: 10/27/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.50" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

Arthur Kleinmanis Professor of Medical Anthropology at Harvard University;Yunxiang Yanis a Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles;Jing Junis a Professor at Tsinghua University (Beijing);Sing Leeis a Professor at Chinese University of Hong Kong;Everett Zhangis a Professor at Princeton University;Pan Tianshuis a Professor at Fudan University (Shanghai);Wu FeiandGuo Jinhuaare Professors at Peking University (Beijing).



Introduction : SARS in social and historical context




The epidemiological and public health background



The epidemiology of SARS




The role of the World Health Organization in combating SARS, focusing on the efforts in China




SARS and China's health-care response : better to be both red and expert!




Economic and political consequences



Is SARS China's Chernobyl or much ado about nothing?




SARS and China's economy




SARs in Beijing : the unravelling of a cover-up




Social, moral, and psychological consequences



Psychological responses to SARS in Hong Kong - report from the front line




Making light of the dark side : SARS jokes and humor in China




Globalization and cross-cultural issues



SARS and the problem of social stigma