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Medical Essays

SARS in Context

Memory, History, and Policy

by (author) Jacalyn Duffin & Arthur Sweetman

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Initial publish date
Oct 2006
Category
Essays
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780773531932
    Publish Date
    Oct 2006
    List Price
    $125.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780773531949
    Publish Date
    Oct 2006
    List Price
    $34.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780773581647
    Publish Date
    Oct 2006
    List Price
    $34.95

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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.

About the authors

Jacalyn Duffin is a haematologist and historian who is Professor in the Hannah Chair of the History of Medicine at Queen`s University.

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Arthur Sweetman is director of the School of Policy Studies at Queen's University, where he holds the Stauffer-Dunning chair in public policy. Jun Zhang is Cheung Kong Professor of Economics and the director of the China Center for Economic Studies at

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