Jihad and American medicine
Subtitle: thinking like a terrorist to anticipate attacks via our health system
By: Adam Frederic Dorin.
Series: The Praeger series on contemporary health and living
Publisher: Praeger Security International
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 187
ISBN-13: 9780275996376
Subjects: Terrorism -- Health aspects -- United States; Medical errors -- United States -- Prevention; Medical care -- United States -- Quality control; Health facilities -- United States -- Safety measures; Health care reform -- United States; Terrorism -- prevention & control -- Popular Works; Health Care Reform -- Popular Works; Medical Errors -- prevention & control -- Popular Works; Safety -- Popular Works; Security Measures -- Popular Works
Genres: Popular Works
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-177) and index.
Table of contents: title: Medi-terror : the stage is set; title: How your doctor can kill you (without even knowing what he's done); title: Evil precedents : health care workers gone bad; title: Faking it (counterfeit medicines, criminals and terrorists: the history and implications of compromised pharmaceutical security); title: Hospital and surgery center "security"; title: or lack thereof, part I : overview; title: Hospital and surgery center "security," part II : breaking in from the outside; title: Hospital security, part III : thinking like a terrorist; title: the inside job; title: Accreditation standards; title: lax or not enforced?; title: Doctors' offices are vulnerable; title: What we can do and must do stat (antidotes and anecdotes); title: As a patient, what you can do to protect yourself; title: 19 tips for survival; title: The power for change; title: one doctor at a time.