Outbreak Culture : : The Ebola Crisis and the Next Epidemic / / Pardis Sabeti, Lara Salahi.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
• VerfasserIn: Sabeti, Pardis,; Salahi, Lara,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (256 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; Acronyms and Abbreviations --; Preface --; Map of West Africa --; Prologue: The People’s Fighter --; 1. Setting for Disaster --; 2. The Crucible of Outbreak Response --; 3. The Case for Collaboration --; 4. The Wavering Response --; 5. Distrust in a Culture of Compassion --; 6. Epidemic of Fear --; 7. Investment and Accountability --; 8. Ebola’s Fallout --; 9. Navigating the Next Epidemic --; Epilogue --; Notes --; Acknowledgments --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674916272; 9783110606621
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674916272
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Pardis Sabeti, Lara Salahi.

An award-winning genetic researcher and a tenacious journalist examine each phase of the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, the largest and deadliest of its kind. Their postmortem identifies factors that kept key information from reaching doctors, complicated the government’s response to the crisis, and left responders unprepared for the next outbreak.