Fevers, feuds, and diamonds : Ebola and the ravages of history / Paul Farmer.
"Public health expert Paul Farmer describes the historical origins of the 2014 Ebola epidemic"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780374234324
- ISBN: 0374234329
- Physical Description: 653 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2020.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Preface: The caregiver's disease -- Part I: Ebola hits home. Twenty-fifth epidemic? -- Tough calls -- Ibrahim's second chance -- Two ordeals of Yabom -- Interlude I: Down the rabbit hole -- Part II: Fevers, feuds, and diamonds. Upper Guinea coast and the world the slaves made -- The great scramble and the rise of the Pasteurians -- A world at war: The making of a clinical desert -- Things fall apart: Civil war and its aftermath -- Interlude II: The crisis caravan -- Part III: Death and life after Ebola. How Ebola kills: An exercise in social medicine -- Silly things and the fever next time -- Epilogue: The color of COVID. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Ebola virus disease > History. Epidemics. Coronavirus infections. Medical care. |
Genre: | Instructional and educational works. |
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- 3 of 3 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at North Kansas City.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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North Kansas City Public Library | 614.57 FARMER 2020 (Text) | 0001002378121 | Nonfiction | Available | - |