Pandemics, Science and Policy [electronic resource] : H1N1 and the World Health Organisation /
Abeysinghe, S.author.
Pandemics, Science and Policy analyses the World Health Organisation's (WHO) management of the 2009 H1N1 Pandemic. Abeysinghe illustrates the ways in which the WHO's account was vulnerable to contestation, and ultimately how uncertain risks can affect policy and action on the global level.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 Narrating the Nature of H1N1; 3 Risk and Scientific Uncertainty; 4 Categorizing H1N1 - The Pandemic Alert Phases; 5 Vaccines, Institutions and Pandemic Management; 6 Contestation and the Council of Europe; 7 Globalization and Global Public Health; 8 Conclusions; Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Pandemics, Science and Policy analyses the World Health Organisation's (WHO) management of the 2009 H1N1 Pandemic. Abeysinghe illustrates the ways in which the WHO's account was vulnerable to contestation, and ultimately how uncertain risks can affect policy and action on the global level.
World Health Organization.
Sociology.
Social medicine.
Social policy.
Science—Social aspects.
Medicine .
Health.
Sociology, general.
Medical Sociology.
Social Policy.
Societal Aspects of Physics, Outreach and Education.
Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary.
Popular Science in Medicine and Health.