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Summary
Summary
Bioterrorism in Medical and Healthcare Administration provides an efficient method to identify, manage, and control transformations in the provision of health services during elevated levels of bioterrorist threat - offering step-by-step procedures and templates to prepare and implement a coordinated response to high-alert situations. This reference proposes an efficient method to identify, manage, and control transformations in the provision of health services during elevated levels of bioterrorist threat - offering step-by-step procedures and templates to prepare and implement a coordinated response to high-alert situations.
Author Notes
Laure Paquette is Associate Professor of Political Science, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, and Adjunct Professor of Community Health and Epidemiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. v |
| Part 1 How to Develop or Adapt Emergency Plans for Bioterrorist Threats | p. 1 |
| Chapter 1 Strategy and Bioterrorism | p. 3 |
| Chapter 2 Strategic Intervention: Tactical Analysis and Countervailing Tactics for Bioterrorism and Its Consequences | p. 11 |
| Chapter 3 Bioterrorism's Threat and Planned Response: Strategic Analysis and Design | p. 31 |
| Chapter 4 Counteracting a Bioterrorist Strategy: Overcoming the Inevitable Obstacles to Change | p. 59 |
| Chapter 5 A Coordinated Response to Bioterrorism: In-House Training and Planning for Staff, Professionals, and Managers | p. 87 |
| Part II Semi-Fictional Case Studies | p. 101 |
| Chapter 6 A Hypothetical Bioterrorist Attack | p. 103 |
| Chapter 7 A Hospital Plans for Bioterrorism | p. 109 |
| Chapter 8 A State Deals with Terrorism | p. 115 |
| Chapter 9 An International Organization, WABO, Deals with Bioterrorism | p. 125 |
| Chapter 10 A Country Deals with Bioterrorism | p. 139 |
| Chapter 11 An International Organization of States Deals with Bioterrorism | p. 145 |
| Chapter 12 Conclusion | p. 155 |
| Appendix Solutions to the Analysis of the Cases | p. 159 |
| Bibliography | p. 167 |
| Index | p. 183 |
