| Description |
1 online resource (307 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
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A Columbia / SSRC Book (Privatization of Risk)
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Columbia / SSRC Book (Privatization of Risk)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The problem of securing health / Stephen J. Collier and Andrew Lakoff -- From population to vital system : national security and the changing object of public health / Andrew Lakoff -- Redesigning syndromic surveillance for biosecurity / Lyle Fearnley -- How did the smallpox vaccination program come about? tracing the emergence of recent smallpox vaccination thinking / Dale A. Rose -- Disease as a security threat : critical reflections on the global TB emergency / Erin Koch -- Vital mobility and the humanitarian kit / Peter Redfield -- Mapping the multiplicities of biosecurity / Nick Bingham and Steve Hinchliffe -- From mad cow disease to bird flu : transformations of food safety in France / Frédéric Keck -- Biodefense : considering the sociotechnical dimension / Kathleen M. Vogel -- Anticipations of biosecurity / Carlo Caduff -- Afterword: Episodes or incidents : seeking significance / Paul Rabinow. |
| Summary |
In recent years, new disease threats?such as SARS, avian flu, mad cow disease, and drug-resistant strains of malaria and tuberculosis?have garnered media attention and galvanized political response. Proposals for new approaches to ""securing health"" against these threats have come not only from public health and medicine but also from such fields as emergency management, national security, and global humanitarianism. This volume provides a map of this complex and rapidly transforming terrain. The editors focus on how experts, public officials, and health practitioners work to defi. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
World health.
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World health. |
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Biological warfare -- Prevention.
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Biological warfare. |
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Communicable diseases -- Prevention.
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Communicable diseases -- Prevention. |
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Bioterrorism -- Prevention.
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Bioterrorism -- Prevention. |
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National security.
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National security. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Lakoff, Andrew, 1970-
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Collier, Stephen J.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Biosecurity interventions. New York : Columbia University Press, ©2008 (DLC) 2008020099 |
| ISBN |
9780231511773 (electronic book) |
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0231511779 (electronic book) |
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9780231146067 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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023114606X (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
| Music No. |
EB00662439 Recorded Books |
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