Dread : how fear and fantasy have fueled epidemics from the black death to avian flu /

The average individual is far more likely to die in a car accident than from a communicable disease ... yet we are still much more fearful of the epidemic. Even at our most level-headed, the thought of an epidemic can inspire terror. As Alcabes persuasively argues in Dread, our anxieties about epide...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Alcabes, Philip (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : PublicAffairs, ©2009.
Subjects:	Communicable diseases > History. Epidemics > History. Epidemics > Psychological aspects. Epidemics > Social aspects. Nosophobia. Health behavior. Disease Outbreaks > history Fear > psychology Anxiety > psychology Communicable Disease Control Communicable Diseases > history Health Behavior
Online Access:	Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:	0786741465 9780786741465 1282562622 9781282562622 9786612562624 6612562625 1586488090 9781586488093
Local Note:	ProQuest Ebook Central