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(Basic Bioethics.) Edited by Jonathan D. Moreno. 229 pp. Cambridge, Mass., MIT Press, 2003. $24.95. ISBN 0-262-13428-4.

The terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, which was followed shortly by the still-unsolved mailing of anthrax spores, brought about much soul-searching among workers in the field of public health. This self-examination has led to the creation of a literature on preparedness that seeks to identify the sources of threat and to respond appropriately. In the Wake of Terror is a collection of essays that look at the problem of preparedness from another angle: the implications for ethics and public health of the prospect of terrorism against the United States, whether in the form of massive, instantaneous casualties or . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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