Emerging Infectious Diseases and Society

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ISBN: 1137471913
ISBN 13: 9781137471918
Autor: Washer, P
Verlag: Springer Verlag GmbH
Umfang: xiv, 191 S.
Erscheinungsdatum: 07.05.2010
Auflage: 1/2010
Produktform: Kartoniert
Einband: Kartoniert

Infectious diseases are responsible for one third of deaths worldwide, and new infectious agents such as SARS, MRSA and swine influenza are emerging all the time. Infectious diseases remain high on the public agenda, and are major concerns for health and societyThe hardback of this book was shortlisted for the British Sociological Association’s Sociology of Health and Illness Book Prize in 2011, and has received a range of positive reviews from top journals such as Choice and The Lancet. It has sold over 500 copies in the USThis is very much a topic which is in the public eye, and stories regarding emerging diseases regularly appear in the mediaThere are more than twenty UK university courses now with modules on emerging diseases, and this book has strong course potential

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Beschreibung

In the 1970s it seemed infectious diseases had been conquered, but today global epidemics seem to pose a new, more sinister, threat. This fascinating study explores these new infectious diseases, such as Swine Flu, SARS and AIDS, and the re-emergence of old threats, and discusses their role in society.

Autorenporträt

PETER WASHER has taught at University College, London and Imperial College, London, UK. His research interests are in representations of infectious diseases. He is editor of Clinical Communication Skills (Oxford University Press).

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