Sars Governance And The Globalization Of Disease

Download or read book SARS, Governance and the Globalization of Disease written by D. Fidler and published by Springer. This book was released on 2004-04-30 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SARS, Governance and the Globalization of Disease provides a comprehensive and original analysis of the historic global SARS outbreak of 2003. David P. Fidler constructs a political pathology of the SARS outbreak, analyzes the government responses to it, places these responses in historical context and assesses the implications of the successful management of the outbreak for handling future pathogenic threats that will arise. The book includes a detailed description of the outbreak and governance responses to it, as well as a focused analysis of China's role in the outbreak.