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Doctor on call : Chernobyl responder, Jewish refugee, radiation expert / Alla Shapiro, MD.
Van Pelt Library TK1362.U38 S53 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Khodos, Alla, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobylʹ, Ukraine, 1986.
- Nuclear accidents--Ukraine--Chornobylʹ.
- Nuclear accidents.
- First responders--Ukraine--Biography.
- First responders.
- Jewish refugees--United States--Biography.
- Jewish refugees.
- Women immigrants.
- Nuclear reactors.
- History.
- Disasters.
- United States.
- Ukraine.
- Ukraine--Chornobylʹ.
- Emergency management.
- Disasters--History.
- Nuclear reactors--History.
- Women immigrants--United States--Biography.
- Families.
- Khodos, Alla--Family.
- Khodos, Alla.
- Ukraine--History.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 208 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Simsbury, Connecticut : Mandel Vilar Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- Dr. Alla Shapiro was a first physician-responder to the worst nuclear disaster in history: the explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station in Ukraine, on April 26, 1986. Information about the explosion was withheld from first responders, who were not given basic supplies, detailed instructions, or protective clothing. Amid an eerie and pervasive silence, Dr. Shapiro treated traumatized children as she tried to protect her family. No protocols were in place because no one had anticipated the consequences of a nuclear accident. From the outset of the disaster, the Soviet government worsened matters by spreading misinformation; and first responders, including Alla, were ordered to partake in the deception of the public. After years of persistent professional hostility and personal discrimination that she and her family experienced as Jewish citizens of the USSR, four generations of the Shapiro family fled the Soviet Union in the late 1980s. As ̌migřs, they were each allowed to take no more than 40 pounds of possessions and $90 in cash. Their escape route took them first to Vienna and then to Italy, where they were stranded as stateless persons for six months. Eventually the family received permission to enter the United States. Motivated by her Chernobyl experiences, Alla Shapiro ultimately became one of the world's leading experts in the development of medical countermeasures against radiation exposure. From 2003 to 2019, she worked for the FDA on disaster readiness and preparation. Dr. Shapiro issues stern warnings regarding the preparedness -- or lack thereof -- of America for the current Covid-19 pandemic. Doctor on Call exposes the horrifying truths of Chernobyl and alerts us to the deceptions that undermine our ability to respond to global disasters.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. I CHERNOBYL: DOCTOR ON CALL
- ch. 1 Nuclear Spring, 1986
- ch. 2 Rx For Radiation: Take as (Not) Directed
- ch. 3 Olga Leaves and Natasha Returns
- ch. 4 The Human Toll of Displacement
- ch. 5 A Radioactive Fallacy
- ch. 6 Doctors on Call
- ch. 7 Red Wine Improves Doctor-Patient Communications
- pt. II A HARROWING JOURNEY FROM STATELESSNESS TO US CITIZENSHIP
- ch. 8 Departure from Decades of Prejudice and Lies
- ch. 9 Fear and Fortitude
- ch. 10 Citizen without a Country
- ch. 11 Becoming Immigrants
- ch. 12 The Tale of the Wandering Jew
- ch. 13 Prequel to the "Trans-Siberian" Express
- ch. 14 This Was No "Roman Holiday"
- ch. 15 Live Hard, Sell Hard: The Americana Flea Market in Rome
- ch. 16 The Pretty Woman's Guide to Hitchhiking
- ch. 17 Global Events Unite Us
- ch. 18 Barbie Also Wears a Stethoscope
- ch. 19 My Medical Residency, Take Two
- ch. 20 A Highway Legend (Escape from America's Most Wanted List)
- ch. 21 Taking Root in America
- pt. III LOOKING BACK TO PROTECT THE FUTURE
- ch. 22 Recipient of the "Order of the Nervous Neutron"
- ch. 23 Children of Chernobyl
- ch. 24 The Pursuit of One Gram of Indralin
- ch. 25 Triumph: A New Drug
- ch. 26 Chernobyl: Twenty Years After
- ch. 27 On the Shoulders of Giants
- ch. 28 Who Will Live and Who Will Die?
- ch. 29 Chernobyl: Thirty Years After
- ch. 30 Health Effects of the Chernobyl Accident
- ch. 31 Fire and Deception
- ch. 32 Echoes of Chernobyl-America's Preparedness Failure.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1942134738
- 9781942134732
- OCLC:
- 1231549056
- Publisher Number:
- 99987974312
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