Research Catalog

Who's in charge? : leadership during epidemics, bioterror, attacks, and other public health crises

Title
Who's in charge? : leadership during epidemics, bioterror, attacks, and other public health crises / Laura H. Kahn.
Author
Kahn, Laura H.
Publication
Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger Security International, ©2009.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Filter by

1 Item

StatusFormatAccessCall NumberItem Location
TextUse in library RA445 .K24 2009Off-site

Details

Description
x, 235 pages
Summary
Prepared and engaged elected officials are absolutely critical for effective responses to any crisis. Elected officials have unique roles and responsibilities that only they can fill. They must decide how much or how little decision-making authority they will delegate to their professional appointees such as public health and agriculture officials when crises develop. A well-understood chain of command is vital for saving lives. This book explores leadership during disease crises, with the goal of understanding why leadership problems develop.
Subject
  • Public health administration > United States
  • Public health > United States
  • Leadership
  • Public health administration
  • Public health
  • Public Health Administration
  • Public Health
  • Leadership
  • Disasters > prevention & control
  • public health
  • Leiderschap
  • Crisisbeheersing
  • Spoedgevallen
  • Volksgezondheid
  • United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-224) and index.
Contents
Understanding leadership -- The long march to improving the public's health -- Microbes as weapons -- Rising to the occasion -- Success favors the prepared public health leader -- Confronting uncertainty -- The vital link between animal and human health -- Reaching the masses -- All hands on deck -- Conclusion.
ISBN
  • 9780275994853
  • 0275994856
  • 9781567207606
  • 156720760X
LCCN
2009022273
OCLC
  • ocn320193402
  • 320193402
  • SCSB-9717094
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library