At the epicentre : Hong Kong and the SARS outbreak / edited by Christine Loh and Civic Exchange.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Loh, Christine.

Civic Exchange.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

SARS (Disease)--China--Hong Kong.

SARS (Disease).

Epidemics--China--Hong Kong--History--21st century.

Epidemics.

Physical Description:

xxvii, 285 p. : ill.

Place of Publication:

Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What was really happening as Hong Kong struggled with SARS? In At the Epicentre, the story of those extraordinary weeks unfolds with all its drama - personal, national and international, political, medical and scientific. The authors give us the whole picture: from a day-by-day calendar of events to the experiences of a SARS-sufferer; from the heroic efforts of the medical staff in the hospitals to the work of the pioneering global network of laboratories that the World Health Organisation (WHO) created; from the amazing shift to openness of the Chinese authorities to a detailed study of how the global media covered the story. It is a story of individuals, of Dr Gregory Cheng recounting how it felt to have SARS, of the concentrated and intense work of Professor Malik Peiris as he struggled to identify the virus, of Dr David Heyman of the WHO as he dealt with intense political pressures yet moved the international effort along at high speed. The impact of SARS on Hong Kong was enormous and far-reaching. At the Epicentre explores the economic consequences, the way the community responded, and what might be the long-term political implications for Hong Kong, for China and for the international community. The authors are rigorous but fair in their criticisms, recognizing that what seems clear now was not always so in the heat of the battle. But most important are the lessons they draw from the events and experiences for the next time, for the authors all recognize that SARS is just the first global epidemic of the new century.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Preface

Calendar of Events

Chapter 1. Unmasking SARS: Voices from the Epicentre

Chapter 2. At the Frontline: The Medical Challenge

Chapter 3. Healing Myself: Diary of a SARS Patient and Doctor

Chapter 4. The New Coronavirus: In Search of the Culprit

Chapter 5. The Public Health Viewpoint

Chapter 6. The Numbers Trail: What the Data Tells Us

Chapter 7. The Mystery of Amoy Gardens

Chapter 8. How the Stunning Outbreak of Disease Led to a Stunning Outbreak of Dissent

Chapter 9. The Politics of SARS: The WHO, Hong Kong and Mainland China

Chapter 10. SARS and China: Old vs New Politics

Chapter 11. The Economic Impact of SARS

Chapter 12. The Media and SARS

Chapter 13. SARS and the Hong Kong Community

Chapter 14. Lessons Learned

Notes

Contributors

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-282-70539-3

9786612705397

988-220-032-X

OCLC:

649831481