Betrayal of trust : the collapse of global public health / Laurie Garrett.
- Garrett, Laurie.
- Date:
- [2000], ©2000
- Books
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Publication/Creation
New York : Hyperion, [2000], ©2000.
Physical description
xiv, 754 pages ; 25 cm
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Contents
Filth and decay: Pneumonic plague hits India and the world ill responds -- Landa-Landa: an Ebola virus epidemic in Zaire proves public health is imperiled by corruption -- Bourgeois physiology: the collapse of all semblances of public health in the former Soviet Socialist Republics -- Preferring anarchy and class disparity: the American public health infrastructure in an age of antigovernmentalism -- Biowar : threatening biological terrorism and public health -- Epilogue: the changing face of public health and future global prophylaxis.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographic references and index.
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Location Status Medical CollectionWA550 2000G23bOpen shelves
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- 0786865229