The Politics of Fear: Médecins Sans Frontières and the West African Ebola Epidemic

Book Overview

The 2014-2015 Ebola epidemic in West Africa was an unprecedented medical and political emergency that cast an unflattering light on multiple corners of government and international response. Fear, not rational planning, appeared to drive many decisions made at population and leadership levels, which in turn brought about a response that was as uneven as it was unprecedented: entire populations were decimated or destroyed, vaccine trials were fast-tracked,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190624477
• ISBN13: 9780190624477
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.3"