The new global threat : severe acute respiratory syndrome and its impacts /
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Singapore :
World Scientific Pub. Co.,
[2003]
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Table of 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.