The swine flu affair : decision-making on a slippery disease / Richard E. Neustadt, Harvey V. Fineberg ; with an introduction by Joseph A. Califano, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Neustadt, Richard E., author.

Fineberg, Harvey V., author.

Califano, Joseph A., author of introduction, etc.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Swine influenza--Vaccination--United States.

Swine influenza.

Medical policy--United States.

Medical policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (166 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Washington, District of Columbia] : U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1978.

Summary:

In 1976, a small group of soldiers at Fort Dix were infected with a swine flu virus that was deemed similar to the virus responsible for the great 1918-19 world-wide flu pandemic. The U.S. government initiated an unprecedented effort to immunize every American against the disease. While a qualified success in terms of numbers reached-more than 40 million Americans received the vaccine-the disease never reappeared. The program was marked by controversy, delay, administrative troubles, legal complications, unforeseen side effects and a progressive loss of credibility for public health authorities. In the waning days of the flu season, the incoming Secretary of what was then the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Joseph Califano, asked Richard Neustadt and Harvey Fineberg to examine what happened and to extract lessons to help cope with similar situations in the future. The result was their report, The Swine Flu Affair: Decision-Making on a Slippery Disease .

Contents:

Front Matter

Foreword

1 The New Flu

2 Sencer Decides

3 Cooper Endorses

4 Ford Announces

5 Organizing

6 Field Trials

7 Liability

8 Legislation

9 Starting and Stopping

10 Califano Comes In

11 Legacies

12 Reflections

Technical Afterword

Appendix A: "Cast of Characters

Appendix B: Terms and Organizations

Appendix C: Detailed Chronology

Appendix D: Selected Documents

Appendix E: Useful Questions

Readings

Notes

Authors.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-309-13877-9

OCLC:

919343587