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From Chaos to Coercion
Detention and the Control of Tuberculosis
Buch von Richard J. Coker
Sprache: Englisch

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In the 1980s and early 1990s, New York City experienced an unprecedented outbreak of tuberculosis. Inadequate healthcare services, an increase in social alienation of the poor, and the emergence of drug-resistant strains led city health officials to respond with draconian policies to ensure compliance, including the use of detention of non-infectious individuals--sometimes for up to two years--that violated individual civil liberties. The New York TB epidemic has since been controlled, but this public health triumph has come at great cost. This gripping narrative of medicine and morality raises ethical issues that are of increasing importance in the world of modern medicine. Richard J. Coker warns the international community against assuming a fortress mentality, advocating a more just balance between health, liberty, and the burdens society should be prepared to accept in the pursuit of both.

In the 1980s and early 1990s, New York City experienced an unprecedented outbreak of tuberculosis. Inadequate healthcare services, an increase in social alienation of the poor, and the emergence of drug-resistant strains led city health officials to respond with draconian policies to ensure compliance, including the use of detention of non-infectious individuals--sometimes for up to two years--that violated individual civil liberties. The New York TB epidemic has since been controlled, but this public health triumph has come at great cost. This gripping narrative of medicine and morality raises ethical issues that are of increasing importance in the world of modern medicine. Richard J. Coker warns the international community against assuming a fortress mentality, advocating a more just balance between health, liberty, and the burdens society should be prepared to accept in the pursuit of both.

Über den Autor
Richard J. Coker
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Coercion and the Public Health * The Seeds of an Epidemic * When Push Comes to Shove * Canute's Apotheosis * A Real Threat to Public Health * Culture, Morality, and Tuberculosis * Lessons for Europe

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 1999
Produktart: Ratgeber
Rubrik: Gesundheit
Thema: Gesundheit
Medium: Buch
Seiten: 282
ISBN-13: 9780312222505
ISBN-10: 0312222505
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Coker, Richard J.
Hersteller: St. Martins Press-3PL
Maße: 222 x 145 x 20 mm
Von/Mit: Richard J. Coker
Erscheinungsdatum: 04.09.1999
Gewicht: 0,534 kg
preigu-id: 106479963
Über den Autor
Richard J. Coker
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Coercion and the Public Health * The Seeds of an Epidemic * When Push Comes to Shove * Canute's Apotheosis * A Real Threat to Public Health * Culture, Morality, and Tuberculosis * Lessons for Europe

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 1999
Produktart: Ratgeber
Rubrik: Gesundheit
Thema: Gesundheit
Medium: Buch
Seiten: 282
ISBN-13: 9780312222505
ISBN-10: 0312222505
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Coker, Richard J.
Hersteller: St. Martins Press-3PL
Maße: 222 x 145 x 20 mm
Von/Mit: Richard J. Coker
Erscheinungsdatum: 04.09.1999
Gewicht: 0,534 kg
preigu-id: 106479963
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