Ebola's Message by Nicholas G Evans
Interdisciplinary perspectives on the science, politics, and ethics of the 2013-2015 Ebola virus disease outbreak.The 2013-2015 outbreak of the Ebola virus disease (EVD) was a public health disaster: 28,575 infections and 11,313 deaths (as of October 2015), devastating the countries of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone; a slow and mismanaged international response; and sensationalistic media coverage, seized upon by politicians to justify wrongheaded policy. And yet there were also promising developments that may improve future responses to infectious disease epidemics: the UN Security Council's first involvement in a public health event; a series of promising clinical treatments and vaccines for EVD; and recognition of the need for a global public health system to deal with epidemics that cross national borders. This volume offers a range of perspectives on these and other lessons learned, with essays on the science, politics, and ethics of the Ebola outbreak.
The contributors discuss topics including the virology and management of EVD in both rich and poor nations; the spread of the disease (with an essay by a leader of Medecins Sans Fronti res); racist perceptions of West Africa; mainstream and social media responses to Ebola; and the ethical issue of whether to run clinical trials of experimental treatments during an outbreak.
Contributors
Christian L. Althaus, Daniel G. Bausch, Adia Benton, Michael J. Connor, Jr., Kim Yi Dionne, Nicholas G. Evans, Morenike Oluwatoyin Folayan, Stephen Goldstein, Bridget Haire, Patricia C. Henwood, Kelly Hills, Cyril Ibe, Marjorie Kruvand, Lisa M. Lee, Maimuna S. Majumder, Alexandra L. Phelan, Annette Rid, Cristine Russell, Lara Schwarz, Laura Seay, Michael Selgelid, Tara C. Smith, Armand Sprecher
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The Human Embryonic Stem Cell Debate
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Ethics in Everyday Places
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Re-Reasoning Ethics
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Good Ethics and Bad Choices
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Bioethics and Armed Conflict
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Neuroethics
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Conflicts of Conscience in Health Care
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Applied Ethics in Mental Health Care
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Ethics of the Body
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Genetics and Life Insurance
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In the Wake of Terror
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New Methuselahs
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Vaccination Ethics and Policy
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Choosing Down Syndrome
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Dying in the Twenty-First Century
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Truly Human Enhancement
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Pricing Life
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Healing Psychiatry
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Current Controversies in the Biological Sciences
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Progress in Bioethics
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Bioethics
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Why Have Children?
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Rationing Is Not a Four-Letter Word
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What Genes Can't Do
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Pragmatic Neuroethics
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Self-Trust and Reproductive Autonomy
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In Search of the Good
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Intervention in the Brain
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Case Studies in Biomedical Research Ethics
Nicholas G. Evans is Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Tara C. Smith is Associate Professor in the Department of Biostatistics, Environmental Health Sciences, and Epidemiology at Kent State University College of Public Health. Maimuna S. Majumder is a PhD student in the Engineering Systems Division at MIT and a Research Fellow at the HealthMap Computational Epidemiology Group at Boston Children's Hospital.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780262553421 |
| ISBN 10 | 0262553422 |
| Title | Ebola's Message |
| Author | Nicholas G Evans |
| Series | Basic Bioethics |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | MIT Press Ltd |
| Year published | 2024-11-26 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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