Epidemics : science, governance, and social justice / edited by Sarah Dry and Melissa Leach.

Date:
2010
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Publication/Creation

London ; Washington, DC : Earthscan, 2010.

Physical description

xv, 299 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Epidemic narratives -- New rules for health? Epidemics and the international health regulations -- Haemorrhagic fevers: narratives, politics and pathways -- SARS, China and global health governance -- Constructing AIDS: contesting perspectives on an evolving epidemic -- Local practice versus exceptionalist rhetoric: case studies of HIV/AIDS programming in South Africa -- Fighting the flu: risk, uncertainity and surveillance -- Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: narratives of security, global health care and structural violence -- Epidemics of obesity: narratives of blame and blame avoidance -- Scapepigging: H1N1 influenza in Egypt -- Towards conclusions: science, politics and social justice in epidemic accounts and responses.

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    Medical Collection
    WA105 2010E64
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ISBN

  • 9781849711012
  • 1849711011
  • 9781849711029
  • 184971102X