in U.S.
in West Africa
Vai tribe, Liberia
Vega, Rene
Veltus, Emily
VICE News
Vincent (Ebola patient)
vitamin C
Wachekwa, Ian
Walzer, Michael
Washington, George
Wassuna, Christine
West Point riots, Monrovia, Liberia
Whiteley, Steve
WHO. See World Health Organization
Wiesel, Elie
Wilson, James
Wilson, Tom
Winchester, Simon
Wingard, Morgana
Wolz, Anja
Womey massacre, Guinea
Worcester Telegram & Gazette (T & G)
World Bank
World Health Organization (WHO)
Ebola containment by
outbreak timeline by
Zika virus and
Writebol, Nancy
Yaha, Tunis
Yambuku, Zaire
Yellow Fever
Yersinia pestis
Yini, Robert
Young Killer (Liberian soldier)
Zaire Ebolavirus. See also Ebola outbreak of 2014–2015
in Kikwit
Zika virus
ZMapp drug
Zonnah, Solomon
ALSO BY STEVEN HATCH, M.D.
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A Physician’s Notes on Uncertainty in Medicine
About the Author
STEVEN HATCH, M.D., is an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, specializing in infectious disease and immunology. In 2013 and 2014, Dr. Hatch lived and worked in Liberia as one of the few Western doctors fighting the Ebola epidemic. His work in Liberia has been featured in The New York Times, on 60 Minutes and Anderson Cooper 360°, and elsewhere. Dr. Hatch lives and works in Massachusetts.
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Contents
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Author’s Note
Epigraph
Introduction: The Abandonment of Unwholesome Thoughts
1. The Vestibule
2. Preparing for the End of the World
3. The Blue World
4. Inferno
5. The Unbearable Cry
6. Behold, a Pale Horse
7. Night
8. Purgatory
9. Mawah
Epilogue: Sunset, Sunrise
Notes
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Index
Also by Steven Hatch, M.D.
About the Author
Copyright
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