| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) |
| Contents |
Introduction / Michiel Hofman and Sokhieng Au -- Doctors against borders / João Nunes -- Whose security? / Adia Benton -- vignette 1. A few days in July / Lindis Hurum -- The "humanitarian" response to the ebola epidemic in Guinea / Jean-Francois Caremel, Sylvain Landry B. Faye, and Ramatou Ouedraogo -- The initial international aid response in Sierra Leone / Thomas Kratz -- Dying of the mundane in the time of ebola / Mit Philips -- vignette 2. Treating, suffering, and surviving ebola -- How did Médecins san frontiers negotiate clinical trials of unproven treatments during the 2014-2015 ebola epidemic? / Annette Rid and Annick Antierens -- Failing Dr. Khan / Tim O'Dempsey -- Finding an answer to ebola's greatest challenge / Armand Sprecher -- vignette 3. Children in the ebola treatment centers / Allie Tua Lappia and Patricia Carrick -- Fear and containment / Alice Desclaux, Moustapha Diop, and Stéphane Doyon -- Challenges of instituting effective medevac policies / Duncan McLean -- vignette 4. Returing to the "ebola world" / e Maud Santantonio |
| Summary |
'The Politics of Fear' is Médecins sans Frontières's commissioned analysis of the politics surrounding the 2014 Ebola epidemic and response. The volume contains 11 topic-based chapters and four eyewitness vignettes from contributors inside and outside MSF |
| Notes |
Previously issued in print: 2017 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Audience |
Specialized |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from home page (viewed on January 6, 2017) |
| Subject |
Médecins sans frontières (Association)
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| SUBJECT |
Médecins sans frontières (Association) fast |
| Subject |
Ebola virus disease -- Africa, West
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Ebola virus disease -- Social aspects -- Africa, West
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Ebola virus disease -- Political aspects -- Africa, West
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Epidemics -- Social aspects -- Africa, West
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Epidemics -- Political aspects -- Africa, West
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Ebola virus disease.
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Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola
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Epidemics -- Political aspects
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Ebola virus disease
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Epidemics -- Social aspects
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Social conditions
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| SUBJECT |
Africa, West -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001712
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Africa, West. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001688
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Africa, Western |
| Subject |
West Africa
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hofman, Michiel, editor
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Au, Sokhieng, editor
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| ISBN |
9780190624507 |
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0190624507 |
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9780190624484 |
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0190624485 |
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