The new global threat : severe acute respiratory syndrome and its impacts /
Severe acute respiratory syndrome and its impacts
editors, Tommy Koh, Aileen Plant, Eng Hin Lee
- River Edge, NJ : World Scientific, 2003
- xxviii, 327 pages : illustration ; 23 cm.
WHO: at the forefront of combating SARS -- Fighting infectous diseases: one mission, many agents / Shiping Tang -- SARS, anti-populism, and elite lies: temporary disorders in China / Lynn T. White III -- Baptism by storm: the SARS crisis' imprint on China's new leadership / Christopher A. McNally -- The impact of SARS on Hong Kong society and culture: some personal reflections / Leo Ou-fan Lee -- SARS and the HKSAR governing crisis / Ma Ngok -- The social impact of SARS: sustainable action for the rejuvenation of society / Cecilia L.W. Chan -- Catching SARS in the HKSAR: fallout on economy and community / Yun-Wing Sung and Fanny M. Cheung -- Will SARS result in a financial crisis? Differentiating real, transient, and permanent economic effects of a health crisis / Frank T. Lorne -- Facing the unknowns of SARS in Hong Kong / Kwok-yung Yuen and Malik Peiris -- SARS, policy-making and lesson-drawing / Khai Leong Ho -- SARS: a psychological perspective / George D. Bishop -- Cracking the genome of the SARS virus / Lawrence W. Stanton -- The infection control response to SARS in hospitals and institutions / Paul A. Tambyah -- SARS: lessons on the role of social responsibility in containing an epidemic / Pheng-Soon Lee -- Combating SARS with infrared fever screening system (IFss) / Yang How Tan -- Epidemiology and control of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak in Taiwan / Chien-Jen Chen, Yin-Chu Chien and Hwai-I Yang -- SARS in Canada: the story of SARS in Canada is essentially Toronto's Tale / Pauline Chan.
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