cover image - COVID-19 Pandemic, 1st Edition
ISBN: 9780323828604
Copyright: 2022
Publication Date: 05-28-2021
Page Count: 252
Imprint: Elsevier
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COVID-19 Pandemic, 1st Edition

by Jorge Hidalgo, MD, MACP, MCCM, FCCP, Gloria Rodríguez-Vega, MD, FACP, FCCP, MCCM and Javier Perez-Fernandez, MD

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cover image - COVID-19 Pandemic, 1st Edition
ISBN: 9780323828604
Copyright: 2022
Publication Date: 05-28-2021
Page Count: 252
Imprint: Elsevier
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Providing a broad, global view of all aspects related to preparation for and management of SARS-CoV2, COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons from the Frontline explores and challenges the basis of knowledge, the transmission of information, and the preparation and epidemiology tactics of healthcare systems worldwide. This timely and provocative volume presents real-world viewpoints from leaders in different areas of health management, who address questions such as: What will we do differently if another pandemic comes? Have we learned from our mistakes? Can we do better? This practical, wide-ranging approach also covers the problem of contrasting sources, health system preparedness, effective preparation of and protection offered to individual healthcare professionals, and the human tragedy surrounding the pandemic.

    • Offers a global perspective on how the COVID-19 pandemic was handled, things that went wrong, and things that could be done differently in the future.  

    • Covers multiple aspects of the pandemic, including disaster preparedness; perspectives from patients, families, and healthcare providers; inequity of medical resources; risk exposure on the frontline; government decision making; lockdowns; the role of politics; the burden of COVID-19 in various countries worldwide; and future directions. 

    • Reflects on the role of professional societies and NGOs in advising governments and supranational organizations.  

    • Features a diverse list of contributors, including health decision makers and frontline healthcare personnel.   

  • The Sudden Appearance of SARS-CoV2

    COVID-19 and Disaster Preparedness

    COVID-19: A Patient's Perspective

    COVID-19: A Family's Perspective

    COVID-19: A Healthcare Provider's Perspective

    Allocating Scarce Medical Resources: Inequity in the Face of a Crisis

    COVID-19 and Risk Exposure of the Frontline: Heroes or Martyrs?

    COVID-19 and the Role of Medical Professional Societies

    COVID-19: Treatment and Trials

    COVID-19 and Government Decision Making

    COVID-19: Lockdown or not?

    COVID-19: Politics and Health

    The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Oil Industry

    Millennials and the COVID-19 Pandemic

    COVID-19: Data Collection and Transparency Among Countries

    Brazil's Battle Against COVID-19

    The Disproportionate Burden of COVID-19 in Africa

    How the Middle East is Facing COVID-19

    The COVID-19 Pandemic in India

    Life after COVID-19: future directions?

  • Jorge Hidalgo, MD, MACP, MCCM, FCCP, Professor and Head, Division of Critical care, Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, Belize, Central America, Gloria Rodríguez-Vega, MD, FACP, FCCP, MCCM, Neurosurgical ICU
    HIMA-San Pablo Caguas
    Rio Peidras, PR, USA and Javier Perez-Fernandez, MD, Medical Director, Critical Care Services Baptist Hospital of Miami, Florida, USA
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