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Dr. Nancy Connell is professor of infectious disease at the Medical School of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. She is director of UMDNJ's Center for BioDefense, has authored numerous scientific articles, and has served on national and regional panels concerning biosecurity. Currently, she is a member of the National Academy of Sciences committee on the "Review of the Scientific Approaches Used by the FBI During Its Investigation of the 2001 Anthrax Mailings."
CONTRIBUTORS vii
PROLOGUE xi
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii
PART I INTRODUCTION: THE KNOWN AND THE UNKNOWN
1 Preparedness, Uncertainty, and Terror Medicine 3
Leonard A. Cole
2 Bioterrorism and the Communication of Uncertainty 17
Leonard A. Cole, Laura H. Kahn, and Peter M. Sandman
3 Responding to Disaster and Terrorism: The Central Role of Communication 29
Steven M. Becker
PART II HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS
4 The Role of the Emergency Physician 47
Emily G. Kidd, Donald H. Jenkins, and Craig A. Manifold
5 The Role of the Nurse 61
Dian Dowling Evans, Samuel E. Shartar, and James W. Gordon
6 The Role of the Dentist 71
David L. Glotzer
7 The Role of the Emergency Medical Technician 83
Brendan McCluskey and Henry P. Cortacans
8 The Role of the Mental Health Professional 95
Ann E. Norwood, Lisa M. Brown, and Gerard A. Jacobs
PART III INSTITUTIONAL MANAGEMENT
9 The Role of the Manager of Mass Casualty and Disaster Events 111
Shmuel C. Shapira and Limor Aharonson-Daniel
10 The Role of Public Health 123
Henry Falk and Isaac Ashkenazi
11 The Role of the Hospital Receiver 139
Mark A. Merlin
12 Managing Traumatic Stress 153
Steven M. Crimando
PART IV SUPPORT AND SECURITY
13 The Role of the On-Scene Bystander and Survivor 165
Bruria Adini
14 The Role of the Trained Volunteer 177
Brenda D. Phillips, Njoki Mwarumba, and Debra Wagner
15 Bioterrorism, Biosecurity, and the Laboratory 189
Nancy D. Connell and James Netterwald
16 The Role of the Law Enforcement Officer 201
Graeme R. Newman and Ronald V. Clarke
17 A Model Case of Counterterrorism: Thwarting a Subway Bombing 215
Joshua Sinai
18 The Newest Security Threat: Cyber-Conflict 227
Panayotis A. Yannakogeorgos
PART V CONCLUSION
19 Preparedness, Black Swans, and Salient Themes 241
Nancy D. Connell and Leonard A. Cole
Index 249
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