@article{697626,
      recid = {697626},
      author = {Gullion, Jessica Smartt,},
      title = {October birds a novel about pandemic influenza, infection  control and first responders / [electronic resource] :},
      pages = {1 online resource (xvi, 146 pages).},
      abstract = {En route to a conference, a physician from Jakarta boards  a plane to the US. He does not know he is the index patient  for the next global influenza pandemic. From this catalyst,  thousands of people will get sick, hundreds of people will  die. October Birds follows the healthcare and emergency  management responders in the town of Dalton, Texas as they  cope with the unfolding pandemic. Dr. Eliza Gordon, Chief  Epidemiologist for the city struggles to control the  outbreak and be a mother. Infectious disease specialist Dr.  Ben Cromwell tries to maintain control of the increasing  numbers of patients at Memorial Hospital, while Memorial's  infection control specialist fights to limit the spread of  the disease to the healthcare workers and the other  patients. Dalton's emergency manager copes with an ever  increasing logistical nightmare, and the incident commander  tries to hold everything together. Meanwhile a currendera  in the town searches for a cure. October Birds is grounded  in real-life public health practice, sociological research,  and emergency management. It is a/r/tographical research,  sociological inquiry within the science/art intersection.  October Birds is more than a story it is also a  sociological theory of community-level response to health  threats. This novel can be read as a supplementary text in  a number of disciplines, including sociology, nursing,  public health, health studies, emergency management, and  psychology, and can be used in qualitative research methods  courses as an example of arts-based research.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/697626},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-590-8},
}