Biosecurity interventions : global health & security in question

Biosecurity interventions : global health & security in question / edited by Andrew Lakoff and Stephen J. Collier.

"In recent years, new disease threats - such as SARS, avian flu, mad cow disease, and drug-resistant strains of malaria and tuberculosis - have garnered media attention and galvanized political response. Proposals for new approaches to "securing health" against these threats have come...

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Other Authors: Lakoff, Andrew, 1970-, Collier, Stephen J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2008.
Series:Columbia/SSRC book.
Subjects:
World health.
Biological warfare > Prevention.
Communicable diseases > Prevention.
Bioterrorism > Prevention.
National security.
Medical policy.
MEDICAL > Health Care Delivery.
MEDICAL > Forensic Medicine.
MEDICAL > Preventive Medicine.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
Medical policy
Bioterrorism > Prevention
Communicable diseases > Prevention
National security
World health
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Table of Contents:
  • The problem of securing health / Stephen J. Collier and Andrew Lakoff
  • From population to vital system : national security and the changing object of public health / Andrew Lakoff
  • Redesigning syndromic surveillance for biosecurity / Lyle Fearnley
  • How did the smallpox vaccination program come about? tracing the emergence of recent smallpox vaccination thinking / Dale A. Rose
  • Disease as a security threat : critical reflections on the global TB emergency / Erin Koch
  • Vital mobility and the humanitarian kit / Peter Redfield
  • Mapping the multiplicities of biosecurity / Nick Bingham and Steve Hinchliffe
  • From mad cow disease to bird flu : transformations of food safety in France / Frédéric Keck
  • Biodefense : considering the sociotechnical dimension / Kathleen M. Vogel
  • Anticipations of biosecurity / Carlo Caduff
  • Afterword: Episodes or incidents : seeking significance / Paul Rabinow.

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