ISBN: 9780786884407
author:
Laurie Garrett
other title:
Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Health
publishing house:
Hyperion
/
Hachette Books
publication date: 2001
-8
language:
English
price: USD 18.95
number of pages: 800
The Collapse of Global Public Health
Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Health
Laurie Garrett
Overview
Garrett takes us to India, where she meticulously examines the course of the countrys pneumonic plague; to Zaire, where the Ebola virus is still largely unchecked; and to Russia, where bad policy and a collapsing society have made for staggering setbacks in all areas of health. Garrett also exposes the ungoverned world of biological terrorism.