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"A major crisis is happening in the world today. It all started in December 2019, when an outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) began in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China. The World Health Organization (WHO)...

Mortality and life expectancy in post-communist countries : what are the lessons for other countries? / Vladimir Popov -- A theory of why potentially favourable political and economic changes may lead to mortality crises / Giovanni Andrea Cornia -- Mortality crises in high-income countries :...

Intro -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- Contents -- Preface -- Pay-for-Delay: How Drug Company Pay-Offs Cost Consumers Billions -- Summary -- Recommendation -- Background -- Findings from Pharmaceutical Agreement Filings from FY2004 through FY2009 -- Study Methodology --...

Intro -- CRISIS MANAGEMENT IN CHINESE CONTEXTS -- CRISIS MANAGEMENT IN CHINESE CONTEXTS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 CRISIS MANAGEMENT: A CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE -- SUMMARY -- OVERVIEW -- CRISIS MANAGEMENT IN CHINESE CULTURE -- CALL FOR COMMUNICATION -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS...