Presidents, Pandemics, and Politics
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I Introduction Twentieth-Century Successes A Disturbing Development The Importance of National, and Presidential, ActionII Pandemic Influenza
Influenza is not to be Taken Lightly
Influenza at its Most Horrendous-So Far
III Misguided Responses to Public Health Emergencies The Tragedies of Kalaupapa and Carville The "Magic of the Marketplace," and Public Health Emergencies Militant Passivity from the Left Hand, Authoritarianism from the Right Ideology, Incompetence, but Some Thoughtful PlanningIV Appropriate Responses to Public Health Emergencies Presidential Action and the San Francisco Earthquake Presidential Action and Hurricane Betsy Presidential Action and the Alaskan EarthquakeV President R. Gerald Ford Vigorous Action to Defend Against a Threatened Pandemic Fair Game: The Politics of Piling OnVI President Ford's National Influenza Immunization Program: A Special Case The Background: Widespread Agreement The Launching of Ford's NIIP Obstacles Emerge No Pandemic plus Health Risk Must Mean Fiasco: A Confused Discourse Turning From Talking Points to Analysis: NIIP as a Learning Experience Assessment of the NIIPVII Conclusions Emergency Management Lessons to Be LearnedBibliographyIndex
Influenza is not to be Taken Lightly
Influenza at its Most Horrendous-So Far
III Misguided Responses to Public Health Emergencies The Tragedies of Kalaupapa and Carville The "Magic of the Marketplace," and Public Health Emergencies Militant Passivity from the Left Hand, Authoritarianism from the Right Ideology, Incompetence, but Some Thoughtful PlanningIV Appropriate Responses to Public Health Emergencies Presidential Action and the San Francisco Earthquake Presidential Action and Hurricane Betsy Presidential Action and the Alaskan EarthquakeV President R. Gerald Ford Vigorous Action to Defend Against a Threatened Pandemic Fair Game: The Politics of Piling OnVI President Ford's National Influenza Immunization Program: A Special Case The Background: Widespread Agreement The Launching of Ford's NIIP Obstacles Emerge No Pandemic plus Health Risk Must Mean Fiasco: A Confused Discourse Turning From Talking Points to Analysis: NIIP as a Learning Experience Assessment of the NIIPVII Conclusions Emergency Management Lessons to Be LearnedBibliographyIndex
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1349956988
ISBN13:9781349956982
Release Date:June 2018
Publisher:Palgrave MacMillan
Length:97 Pages
Weight:0.30 lbs.
Dimensions:0.2" x 5.8" x 8.3"
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