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Bioterrorism - Scare Stories Can Be Dangerous to Our Health

This month, Hillel W. Cohen, Dr.P.H., Victor W. Sidel, M.D., and Robert M. Gould, M.D. discuss
CME credit is no longer available for this conference.

Course Authors

Hillel W. Cohen, Dr.P.H., Victor W. Sidel, M.D., and Robert M. Gould, M.D.

Dr. Cohen is Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, New York, Dr. Sidel is Distinguished University Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center and Dr. Gould is President, SF-Bay Area Chapter, Physicians for Social Responsibility, San Francisco. Drs. Cohen, Sidel, and Gould report no commercial conflict of interest.

Release Date: 10/10/2000

 
Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this Cyberounds®, you should be able to:

  • Evaluate whether reported risks of bioterrorism are based on fact or fear

  • Discuss the possibility that health interventions may have risks that must be weighed against any purported benefits

  • Consider the importance of setting priorities for resources for health interventions that take into account efforts for primary prevention and assessing needs based on evidence

  • Discuss the inherent problems of allowing military priorities to set the public health agenda.

 

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

This conference may include discussion of commercial products and services.

The opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the sponsor or its publisher. Please review complete prescribing information of specific drugs or combination of drugs, including indications, contraindications, warnings and adverse effects before administering pharmacologic therapy to patients.

 

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