Who's in Charge?: Leadership During Epidemics, Bioterror, Attacks, and Other Public Health Crises
- ISBN-10
- 0275994856
- ISBN-13
- 9780275994853
- Series
- Who's in Charge?
- Category
- Communication in public health
- Pages
- 235
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO
- Author
- Laura H. Kahn
Description
A detailed exploration of leadership problems that can develop during public health crises such as the anthrax attacks, SARS, and Mad Cow disease. * First-person accounts from leaders involved in the actual crises, as well as leading experts, scientists, and others * Primary documents including excerpts from official reports and the medical literature * Chronologies of five recent public health emergencies * A comprehensive index organized by disease and by individuals involved in emergency response
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- 2018-05-30
- 510 pages
- Paperback
- Austin Macauley
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