Buch, Englisch, 352 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 1030 g
Buch, Englisch, 352 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 1030 g
ISBN: 978-1-138-04830-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Despite the current and very real threat of global pandemics, there is a dearth of published book and reference resources on the subject. Much scholarly research is conducted and published in various journals. There are political analyses, and studies of the socio-economic impact. While healthcare professionals at national and international levels recognize the pressing danger, the introduction and establishment of consistent and effective countermeasures ranges from slow to non-existent. Politically, acquisition of funds to combat the "potential" doom of a speculative pandemic pales in comparison to societal demands of the worldwide "here and now." As in the most recent case of Zika, the disease "out there" can rapidly appear at our own doorstep "right here." Yet, despite vigorous globe-spanning debates that sounds promising, progress in creation of a universal anti-pandemic network is sporadic and inconsistent.
Pandemics: The Nature of an Emerging Global Threat seeks to address the numerous critical, but largely ignored issues, that limit our readiness, recognition, and response to pandemic outbreaks. The book stresses the reality and seriousness of the problem and the need to react and mobilize quickly, and "on the fly", rather than offering a ready-made solution. Individual chapters of the book are written by internationally known and very highly respected experts from the US, Canada, Europe, Africa, and South America. Many of the authors have their academic and medical prominence supported by the practical involvement at the very forefront of the war against pandemic outbreaks, and several know the personal pain that counter-pandemic operations involve. The authors are a cross section of professions involved in the fight against pandemics: some operate at the highest levels of national and international institutions, others work as clinicians specializing in infectious diseases, as scientists, specialists in public health, law and its enforcement, military aspects of pandemics or technology.
The importance of this book rest on the fact that all authors are active in their respective fields. They offer practical, life-long expertise from hands-on work on the "front lines." They have a profound knowledge of their field, and, as such, recommendations of best practices, theories about what methods work best in a given scenario and environment, and the political impediments to proper response and containment are all based on real, first-hand experience given has worked—and what has not—in responding to pandemics. The opinions, often highly personal and perhaps even controversial, are based as much on theoretical considerations as on their extensive and insightful experience. Hence, the approach is rigorously intellectual and, in a field that often evokes passions, equally rigorously dispassionate. It has to be so: in the modern world of pandemics "past is the prologue." While preparedness plans gather dust on countless shelves of regional, national, and international bodies tasked with pandemic identification, containment, and elimination, it is the readiness to face the new—most likely an entirely new and deadly challenge—that is largely missing. This book intends to open the door to developing such readiness
Zielgruppe
Academic, Professional, and Professional Practice & Development
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Rechtsmedizin, Forensik
- Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik
- Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Infektionskrankheiten
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Folgen von Katastrophen
Weitere Infos & Material
1: Politics, Economics, and Egos: When Agendas Conflict—A West African Case Study 2: The Socioeconomic and Security Challenges in Responding to Medical Emergencies—Pandemics or Disasters - in Post-Conflict Society: The Liberian Ebola and COVID-19 Pandemic Experiences 3: Pandemics: Nature of an Emerging Global Threat—Preparedness in the African Context 4: Predicting Mosquito-Borne Epidemics in Latin America 5: The PREDICT Project: A Transdisciplinary Case Study in Partnerships for Pandemic Prevention and Preparedness 6: An Administrator’s Nightmare 7: The Cascading Impact of Infectious Diseases on the Healthcare System 8: Supply Chain Infrastructure in Global Health Systems: A Strategic Asset for Pandemic Preparedness 9: Emerging Infectious Disease Communication Strategies of Health Organizations: An Internal and External View 10: From Woe to Go—Understanding Rumors and their Role in Preparedness and Readiness for Pandemics 11: An Exploration of the Lived Experience of African Journalists during the 2014 Ebola Crisis 12: Coordination of Global Efforts in Combatting Infectious Disease 13: Health Information Technology and Infectious Disease: Learning from the Past 14: The Meaning of the Italian Fight against COVID-19: Protecting Fragile People and Defending the Social Values of Universal Public Health and Voluntary Activities through National Digital Solutions 15: Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality to Fight Effectively against Pandemics 16: Biosecurity and the Police 17: The Impact of Pandemics on National and International Security 18: Quarantine: A Brief History of Infectious Pandemic Diseases in Canada
