| Description |
xxvii, 285 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Chapler 1 -- Unmasking SARS: Voices from the Epicentre 1 -- Alxa.Ir IA A Seno (fld Ajantudro Riei... -- C hapter 2 -- At the F-ontline: The Medical Challenge 7 -- Vlou Cia oan eng -- Chapter 3 -- Healing Mvsef: Diary7 of a SARS Paiet anrid Doctor 33 -- (hapter 4 -- The New Coronavirus: In Search of the Culprit 43 -- PMoira C+ a ( -trP a'igf C(risinse l.ih -- Chapter 5 -- The Public Health Viewpoint 55 -- Gcnrie M L/eu n Anh,ont 1J H di/ ldith 4 MC t,iu and 'I ling Lam -- Chapter 6 -- The Numbers Trail: What the Data Tells Us 81 -- Alexis l.,an -- ChGapter 7 -- The Myseri of Aony Gardens 95 -- Chapter 8 -- How the Stunning Outbreak of Disease Led to a Stunning 117 -- Outhreak of Dissent -- Chi apter 9 -- The Politics of SARS: The WHO, Hong Kong and Mainland China 139 -- Chapter 10 -- SARS and China: Oid vs New Poliiics 163 -- Chrisrii Ith miId YIP In aYn -- The Economic Impact of- SARS 179 -- Chapete 12 -- Chapter 13 -- SARS and the IHong Kong Co ninitv 215 -- Ch ris //.i (ha d frafi,r WrI./er -- (hapter 14 -- Lessones Learned 235 -- Charisim'c lihii |
| Summary |
"What was really happening as Hong Kong struggled with SARS? In this text, the story of those extraordinary weeks unfolds with all its drama - personal, national and international, political, medical and scientific." --Book cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-280) |
| Subject |
Epidemics -- China -- Hong Kong -- History -- 21st century.
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Respiratory infections -- China -- Hong Kong.
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SARS (Disease) -- China -- Hong Kong.
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SARS (Disease) -- Social aspects -- China -- Hong Kong.
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Coronavirus infections -- Social aspects -- China -- Hong Kong.
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Communicable diseases -- Social aspects -- China -- Hong Kong.
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Epidemics -- China -- Hong Kong.
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| Author |
Loh, Christine.
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Civic Exchange.
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| LC no. |
2007335318 |
| ISBN |
9622096840 paperback |
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9622096832 hardback |
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