Bioterrorism in Medical and Healthcare Administration provides an efficient method to identify, manage, and control transformations in the provision of health services during elevated levels of bioterrorist threat - offering step-by-step procedures and templates to prepare and implement a coordinated response to high-alert situations. This reference proposes an efficient method to identify, manage, and control transformations in the provision of health services during elevated levels of bioterrorist threat - offering step-by-step procedures and templates to prepare and implement a coordinated response to high-alert situations.

Laure Paquette (Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada) (Author)

PART I: HOW TO DEVELOP OR ADAPT EMERGENCY PLANS FOR BIOTERRORIST THREATS. Strategy and Bioterrorism. Strategic Intervention: Tactical Analysis and Countervailing Tactics for Bioterrorism and Its Consequences. Bioterrorism's Threat and Planned Response: Strategic Analysis and Design. Counteracting a Bioterrorist Strategy: Overcoming the Inevitable Obstacles to Change. A Coordinated Response to Bioterrorism: In-House Training and Planning for Staff, Professionals, and Managers. PART II: SEMI-FICTIONAL CASE STUDIES. A Hypothetical Bioterrorist Attack. A Hospital Plans for Bioterrorism.
A State Deals with Terrorism. An International Organization, WABO, Deals with Bioterrorism. A Country Deals with Bioterrorism. An International Organization of States Deals with Bioterrorism. Conclusion. Appendix: Solutions to the Analysis of the Cases. Index.