SARS in context : memory, history, policy / / edited by Jacalyn Duffin and Arthur Sweetman

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910971284403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Montreal ; ; Ithaca, : School of Policy Studies, Queen's University, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2006
• ISBN: 9786612867286; 9780773581647; 0773581642; 9781282867284; 1282867288; 9780773576841; 0773576843
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (221 p.)
• Collana: McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services studies in the history of medicine, health, and society ; ; 27
• Altri autori (Persone): DuffinJacalyn; SweetmanArthur
• Disciplina: 362.196/2009713
• Soggetti: SARS (Disease) - Ontario - Epidemiology - History - 21st century; Communicable diseases - Ontario - History
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "Most of the chapters were first read at a symposium held at Queen's University in February 2004, a symposium that originated in the encounters of medical historians with journalists reporting on SARS" --Intro.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Introduction : lessons and disappointments / Jacalyn Duffin -- Pt. I. Memory : two medical officials recall SARS in Toronto -- 2. My experience with SARS / James G. Young -- 3. Remembering SARS and the Ontario SARS scientific advisory committee / Dick Zoutman -- Pt. II. History : historians of disease reflect on SARS -- 4. SARS and plagues past / Ann G. Carmichael -- 5. SARS viewed from the etiological standpoint / K. Codell Carter -- 6. From cholera to SARS : communicable disease-control procedures in Toronto, 1832 to 2003 / Heather A. MacDougall -- 7. Making history : TB and the public health legacy of SARS in Canada / Georgina Feldberg -- 8. SARS in the light of ; sexually transmitted diseases and AIDS / Jay Cassel -- Pt. III. Public policy in the aftermath of SARS -- 9. Introduction to economic issues in epidemiology and public policy / Arthur Sweetman -- 10. Governance in pandemics : defining the federal government's role in public health emergencies / Kumanan Wilson and Harvey Lazar -- 11. economic impacts of SARS and pandemic influenza / Steven James and Timothy Sargent.
• Sommario/riassunto: Former Ontario Chief Coroner James Young and infectious disease expert Dick Zoutman recount their efforts to contain the mysterious new disease. In answer to questions about "lessons from the past," several distinguished historians of epidemics examine how their knowledge of responses to older plagues influenced their perception of SARS. They also reflect on how the advent of SARS alters their views of the past. Finally, policy experts comment on possible changes to health care that the SARS experience suggests should be made.