Tyshenko / Paterson SARS Unmasked

Risk Communication of Pandemics and Influenza in Canada
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-7735-7685-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 35, 512 Seiten

Reihe: McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services Studies in the History of Medicine, Health, and Society

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) was the first global pandemic of the twenty-first century, spreading within weeks from southern China to over thirty-seven countries around the world. In Canada intense news media coverage had a profound impact on how the disease was perceived, with frontline health care workers, despite their heroic efforts, stigmatized due to their contact with patients.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tyshenko, Michael G.

Paterson, Cathy

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizin, Gesundheit: Sachbuch, Ratgeber

Über Autor(innen)

Michael G. Tyshenko is a McLaughlin Chair in Science Health Policy at the Institute of Population Health, University of Ottawa. Cathy Paterson is a registered nurse clinician who in 2003 worked at North York General Hospital - the epicentre of the SARS