Book of the Month: In the Wake of Terror

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References

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J.D.

, ed. In the Wake of Terror: Medicine and Morality in a Time of Crisis. Cambridge (Massachusetts): MIT Press, 2003 [229pp; ISBN 0-262-13428-4 (h/b); £16.50]

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Public health: a neglected counterterrorist measure.

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