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Bioterror Anthrax, Influenza, and the Future of Public Health Security
R. William Johnstone
Book Code: C9326
ISBN: 0-275-99326-4
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-99326-9
232 pages, figures; tables
Praeger Security International General Interest-Cloth
Publication: 9/30/2008
List Price: $49.95 (UK Sterling Price: £27.95)
Availability: Not yet published. (Estimated publication date, 9/30/2008)
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: This book uses the 2001 anthrax attacks as its point of departure for an analysis of the past, present, and future of America's preparedness to deal with major challenges to public health, including bioterrorism and pandemic flu. The study identified the strength and weaknesses of the system while making recommendations for improvements. This allows the U.S. to be better prepared if faced with a larger or different biological threat. This book looks for linkages not only between bioterrorism and pandemic defenses, but also between public health security and the wider field of homeland security. Johnstone highlights some key "foundation" plans and strategies that are to serve as a basis for public health security. Failure to address these crucial issues not only creates unfounded mandates but inhibits priority setting, leadership, and accountability. Bioterror: Anthrax, Influenza, and the Future of Public Health Security utilizes a large number of sources from within both the public health and public policy communities to document how each sector responded to the anthrax attacks and re-emergent infectious diseases, and how those responses have evolved to the present day, As with other areas of homeland security, sustained progress in public health security is not likely until basic questions about funding priorities and leadership are successfully addressed. In the response to the only mass casualty event in the United States since 2001, Hurricane Katrina, and in various emergency simulation exercises such as TOPOFF series, major performance deficiencies have been observed. This book brings together a variety of sources, the best available evidence on the status of the public health security system at three distinct points: before 2001; during and immediately after the anthrax attacks; and in the period from 2004 to the present.
Table of Contents:
  • List of Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1. The Anthrax Attacks of September/October 2001
  • Chapter 2. Threats and Risks
  • Chapter 3. The Pre-9/01 Public Health System
  • Chapter 4. Response to the Anthrax Attacks: Criminal Investigation
  • Chapter 5. The Public Health Response to the Anthrax Attacks
  • Chapter 6. Public Policy Response to Bioterrorism, SARS and Avian Flu
  • Chapter 7. Current Status of Public Health Security
  • Chapter 8. Conclusion
  • Notes
LC Card Number: 2008020105
LCC Class: HV6433
Dewey Class: 363
PDF Catalogs:
Academic Library Fall 2008.pdf
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