Ebola's message : public health and medicine in the twenty-first century /

Interdisciplinary perspectives on the science, politics, and ethics of the 2013--2015 Ebola virus disease outbreak.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Other Authors: Evans, Nicholas G., 1985- (Editor), Smith, Tara C., 1976- (Editor), Majumder, Maimuna S. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, 2016.
Series:Basic bioethics.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book.
Table of Contents:
  • What is ebola?
  • Ebola in West Africa : from the frontline
  • Clinical management of ebola virus disease in resource-rich settings
  • Modeling the ebola epidemic : challenges and lessons for the future
  • Outbreak of ebola virus disease in Guinea : where ecology meets economy
  • Challenges in the management of the West African ebola outbreak
  • What's the matter boss, we sick? a meditation on ebola's origin stories
  • American perceptions of Africa during an ebola outbreak
  • The ebola sentinel : a legal analysis of US pandemic preparedness
  • Talking about ebola : medical journalism in an age of social media
  • When reassurance doesn't reassure : reporters, sources, and ebola in Dallas
  • The use and study of unregistered ebola interventions : ethics and equipoise
  • (How) should experimental vaccines and treatments for ebola be used?
  • History, culture, and social norms : implications for ebola drug and vaccine clinical trials
  • Rejecting quarantine : a frozen-in-time reaction to disease.