Case Studies in Public Health Preparedness and Response to Disasters with Bonus Case Studies

by Isaac B Weisfuse, Linda Y Landesman, Isaac B. Weisfuse

From extreme weather events such as Superstorm Sandy, man-made tragedies like the Madrid train bombings, the threat of bioterrorism, and emerging infections such as the H1N1 pandemic flu, disasters are creating increasingly profound threats to health of populations around the globe. Through a presentation of 19 case studies (including the 3 bonus ones in this special eBook version), the authors examine the broad range of public health scenarios through...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1284184749
• ISBN13: 9781284184747
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
• Length: 384 Pages