SARS Unmasked
：Risk Communication of Pandemics and Influenza in Canada
( McGill-Queens/Associated Medical Services Studies in the History of Medicine, Health, and Society )
Publication subTitle ：Risk Communication of Pandemics and Influenza in Canada
Publication series ：McGill-Queens/Associated Medical Services Studies in the History of Medicine, Health, and Society
Author： Tyshenko Michael G.
Publisher： McGill-Queen's University Press
Publication year： 2010
E-ISBN: 9780773576858
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780773536173
Subject： C912.4 cultural anthropology, social anthropology
Keyword： 社会学
Language： ENG
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Description
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) was the first global pandemic of the twenty-first century, spreading within weeks from southern China to over thirty-seven countries around the world. In Canada intense news media coverage had a profound impact on how the disease was perceived, with frontline health care workers, despite their heroic efforts, stigmatized due to their contact with patients.