Introduction: Why a Sociology of Pandemics?

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 167-173

  Dingwall, Robert ^a   Hoffman, Lily M ^b   Staniland, Karen ^c  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emerging infectious diseases; Media; Pandemics; Policy implementation; Public health; Public reaction; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; ETHICS; HEALTH; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MANPOWER; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PANDEMIC; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARD;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MASS MEDIA; PANDEMICS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84875525873     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.12019     Document Type: Article

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