SuitabookHealth and disease
Richard Spilsbury
- Reading
- Preview the contents and index together, then pause to clarify unfamiliar health terms. Afterward, discuss which evidence the investigation uses and what questions about the outbreak remain unanswered.
- Themes
- Investigating disease outbreaks: The book centres on investigating a tuberculosis outbreak and is catalogued under epidemiology and tuberculosis. It appears to offer informational treatment of how an outbreak is investigated, rather than presenting the topic as a fictional event or a personal recommendation.
- Worth knowing
- Before reading, consider whether the reader is comfortable exploring tuberculosis and disease outbreaks as factual subjects. The book’s treatment of symptoms, transmission, treatment, and human experiences is not clear.