Research Catalog

Title

SARS in China : prelude to pandemic? / edited by Arthur Kleinman, James L. Watson.

Publication

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2006.

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Additional Authors

• Kleinman, Arthur.
• Watson, James L.

Description

x, 244 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Subjects

• Syndrome respiratoire aigu sévère > Chine > Congrès
• Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
• China
• SARS (Disease) > China
• Syndrome respiratoire aigu sévère > Aspect politique > Chine > Congrès
• Congress

Genre/Form

Congress.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-233) and index.

Contents

Introduction : SARS in social and historical context / Arthur Kleinman and James L. Watson -- Pt. I. The epidemiological and public health background -- 1. The epidemiology of SARS / Megan Murray -- 2. The role of the World Health Organization in combating SARS, focusing on the efforts in China / Alan Schnur -- 3. SARS and China's health-care response : better to be both red and expert! / Joan Kaufman -- Pt. II. Economic and political consequences -- 4. Is SARS China's Chernobyl or much ado about nothing? / Tony Saich -- 5. SARS and China's economy / Thomas G. Rawski -- 6. SARs in Beijing : the unravelling of a cover-up / Erik Eckholm -- Pt. III. Social, moral, and psychological consequences -- 7. Psychological responses to SARS in Hong Kong - report from the front line / Dominic T. S. Lee and Yun Kwok Wing -- 8. Making light of the dark side : SARS jokes and humor in China / Hong Zhang -- Pt. IV. Globalization and cross-cultural issues -- 9. SARS and the problem of social stigma / Arthur Kleinman and Sing Lee -- 10. SARS and the consequences for globalization / James L. Watson.

ISBN

• 080475313X (cloth : alk. paper)
• 9780804753135 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 0804753148 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 9780804753142 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2005021276

OCLC

• ocm61211255
• 61211255
• SCSB-9103138

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries