Biosecurity Dilemmas: Dreaded Diseases, Ethical Responses, and the Health of Nations

by Christian Enemark

Book Overview

Biosecurity Dilemmas examines conflicting values and interests in the practice of "biosecurity," the safeguarding of populations against infectious diseases through security policies. Biosecurity encompasses both the natural occurrence of deadly disease outbreaks and the use of biological weapons.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1626164045
• ISBN13: 9781626164048
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher