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In Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Health,
Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Laurie Garrett reports on the tragic
collapse of public health systems around the world. Drawing on
real-life outbreaks of infectious, and often fatal, diseases, Garrett
explores the increased risk of the spread of diseases that has emerged
from globalization. (Published August 2000 by Hyperion; ISBN: 0786865229)
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In Life's Adventure:
Virtual Risk in a Real World, author Roger Bate (PhD, Cambridge
University) critically assesses the way families, politicians, and the
media react to risks in everyday life. (Published August 2000 by Butterworth - Heinemann; ISBN:
0750646799)
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