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Hospital Preparation for Bioterror: A Medical and Biomedical Systems Approach
Edited by Joseph H. McIsaac
464 pp, $104.50
New York, NY, Academic Press, 2007
ISBN-13: 978-0-1208-8440-7
JAMA. 2008;300(6):736-737.
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Hospital Preparation for Bioterror: A Medical and Biomedical Systems Approach is organized into 23 chapters and 9 appendices. The text targets hospital clinicians, administrators, and support personnel. Thirty-five authors contributed, although 2 chapters ("Hospital Syndromic Surveillance" and "Response to SARS as a Prototype for Bioterrorism: Lessons in a Regional Hospital in Hong Kong") represent the work of nearly one-third. The majority of the remaining chapters have been authored by multidisciplinary professionals practicing in and around Hartford, Connecticut. The title of the text is somewhat misleading, in that chapters concerning other terrorism threats, including chemical agents and radiation, are likewise included. One chapter is dedicated to emergency medical services, and several discuss preparation or response to disasters in a more general fashion.
The text starts out strong, with a well-referenced opening chapter on common deficiencies in health care facility preparation for disasters, public health emergencies, and bioterrorism response, followed by an . . . [Full Text of this Article]
Jerry L. Mothershead, MD, Reviewer
Military and Emergency Medicine
Center for Disaster and Humanitarian Assistance Medicine
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Bethesda, Maryland
Battelle Memorial Institute
Columbus, Ohio
usna1974@cox.net
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