The making of a Chinese head of the WHO: A study of the media discourse on Margaret Chan's contest for the WHO director-generalship and its implications for the collective memory of SARS

International Journal of Health Services

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 587-614

  Yin, Chan ^a   Yun, Ma ^b  

^a LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SPREAD; LEADERSHIP; MEMORY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHINA; CHINESE; GOVERNMENT; HONG KONG; POLITICAL SYSTEM; REVIEW; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHINA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; MEMORY; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PUBLIC OPINION; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 69549129224     PISSN: 00207314     EISSN: 15414469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/HS.39.3.i     Document Type: Review

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