SARS in context : memory, history, policy / edited by Jacalyn Duffin and Arthur Sweetman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Duffin, Jacalyn.

Sweetman, Arthur.

Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.). School of Policy Studies.

Series:

McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services studies in the history of medicine, health, and society ; 27.

McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services studies in the history of medicine, health, and society ; 27

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

SARS (Disease)--Ontario--Epidemiology--History--21st century.

SARS (Disease).

Communicable diseases--Ontario--History.

Communicable diseases.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (221 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Ithaca : School of Policy Studies, Queen's University : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Former Ontario Chief Coroner James Young and infectious disease expert Dick Zoutman recount their efforts to contain the mysterious new disease. In answer to questions about "lessons from the past," several distinguished historians of epidemics examine how their knowledge of responses to older plagues influenced their perception of SARS. They also reflect on how the advent of SARS alters their views of the past. Finally, policy experts comment on possible changes to health care that the SARS experience suggests should be made.

Contents:

1. Introduction : lessons and disappointments / Jacalyn Duffin

Pt. I. Memory : two medical officials recall SARS in Toronto

2. My experience with SARS / James G. Young

3. Remembering SARS and the Ontario SARS scientific advisory committee / Dick Zoutman

Pt. II. History : historians of disease reflect on SARS

4. SARS and plagues past / Ann G. Carmichael

5. SARS viewed from the etiological standpoint / K. Codell Carter

6. From cholera to SARS : communicable disease-control procedures in Toronto, 1832 to 2003 / Heather A. MacDougall

7. Making history : TB and the public health legacy of SARS in Canada / Georgina Feldberg

8. SARS in the light of sexually transmitted diseases and AIDS / Jay Cassel

Pt. III. Public policy in the aftermath of SARS

9. Introduction to economic issues in epidemiology and public policy / Arthur Sweetman

10. Governance in pandemics : defining the federal government's role in public health emergencies / Kumanan Wilson and Harvey Lazar

11. economic impacts of SARS and pandemic influenza / Steven James and Timothy Sargent.

Notes:

"Most of the chapters were first read at a symposium held at Queen's University in February 2004, a symposium that originated in the encounters of medical historians with journalists reporting on SARS" --Intro.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-7735-8164-2

1-282-86728-8

9786612867286

0-7735-7684-3

OCLC:

923234462