Part III: Terrorism Preparedness,Terrorism Response

Subject Prospects for West Africa in 2018. Significance Ruling coalitions will emphasise economic recovery (Nigeria) and foreign investment gains (Ivory Coast), while fragile transitions beckon for post-conflict states (Sierra Leone). Militant terrorist threats are plaguing countries across the region (Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Nigeria), heaping added pressure on ruling alliances to improve counter-terrorism preparedness.

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Chemical and Biological Terrorism Preparedness - Web-Based Resources

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene ◽

10.1080/10473220050075572 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 15 (8) ◽

pp. 592-595 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ling Ling Gao ◽

Aubrey Miller ◽

William J. Daniels

Keyword(s):

Web Based ◽

Terrorism Preparedness ◽

Biological Terrorism

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Book Review Biological Weapons: From the Invention of State-Sponsored Programs to Contemporary Bioterrorism By Jeanne Guillemin. 258 pp. New York, Columbia University Press, 2005. $27.95. 0-231-12942-4 Biological Weapons Defense: Infectious Diseases and Counterbioterrorism (Infectious Disease.) Edited by Luther E. Lindler, Frank J. Lebeda, and George W. Korch. 597 pp., illustrated. Totowa, N.J., Humana Press, 2005. $145. 1-58829-184-7 Medical Response to Terrorism: Preparedness and Clinical Practice Edited by Daniel C. Keyes, Jonathan L. Burstein, Richard B. Schwartz, and Raymond E. Swienton. 449 pp., illustrated. Philadelphia, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005. $99. 0-7817-4986-7

New England Journal of Medicine ◽

10.1056/nejmbkrev38260 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 354 (2) ◽

pp. 213-215

Author(s):

Karl M. Johnson

Keyword(s):

Infectious Disease ◽

New York ◽

Clinical Practice ◽

Infectious Diseases ◽

Biological Weapons ◽

Columbia University ◽

Medical Response ◽

Terrorism Preparedness ◽

Terrorism Preparedness Training for Nonclinical Hospital Workers:

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine ◽

10.1097/01.jom.0000052966.43131.18 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 45 (3) ◽

pp. 333-337 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Craig D. Thorne ◽

Barbara Curbow ◽

Marc Oliver ◽

Mohamed Al-Ibrahim ◽

Melissa McDiarmid

Keyword(s):

Hospital Workers ◽

Terrorism Preparedness

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When Public Health Meets the Judiciary

The Journal of Law Medicine & Ethics ◽

10.1111/j.1748-720x.2003.tb00751.x ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 31 (S4) ◽

pp. 54-55

Author(s):

Michael J. Murphy ◽

Anne M. Murphy ◽

Maureen E. Conner ◽

Linda Chezem

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Mental Health ◽

Convincing Evidence ◽

Circuit Court ◽

Terrorism Preparedness ◽

Court Proceedings

The conflict between courts and medicine is best shown in the mental health cases requiring judgment of whether a person should be confined, and whether they should be medicated or left free to decide for themselves. In such cases, deprivation of liberty for noncriminal offenders is at question, but if they are released, they may be exposed to injury or injure others. “Clear and convincing” evidence is hard to prove in such cases.The TOPOFF 2 terrorism preparedness exercise was two years in planning, but the courts were involved only seven days before the exercise (because quarantine issues were added to that exercise only two weeks beforehand). Judge Murphy was put in charge of the Circuit Court building and was asked to stop all court proceedings to stop people from going into a building that might have been contaminated.

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