Part one: SARS in Canada. SARS timeline : what happened when in Canada -- Emergency room culture and dealing with SARS -- Properties of coronaviruses and factors contributing to SARS transmission -- The SARS experience -- The social amplification of risk and SARS as a risk issue -- The stigma of SARS and its effect on people and places -- The need for sex- and gender-sensitive supports for healthcare workers during infectious disease outbreaks -- SARS hospitals and infectious disease response -- Public SARS reports : recommendations from expert panels -- Part two: Risk Communication and pandemic disease. Risk communication of SARS in Canada -- SARS and risk communication in other affected countries -- Avian influenza -- Emergancy preparedness for future pandemics : lessons from SARS
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-440) and index
