September 11, 2001-What We Learned

The World After 9 / 11 What Have We Learned

A decade has passed since the attacks of 9/11. The heightened curiosity about terrorism has seen an avalanche of books and articles in recent years. In this article, after tracing the evolution of research in the area of social conflict, in general, and terrorism, in particular, I attempt to understand if the collected wisdom has altered the views of those who make public policies in the US. Ho...

A question of evil: September 11, 2001.

Lessons Learned: The Aftermath of September 11

BACKGROUND September 11, 2001, will be indelibly stamped upon all our memories. It taxed our emotional foundation and tested the very mettle upon which our country was built. It also provided a most compelling reason for having a viable and executable business continuity planning (BCP) process. No longer will most corporate executives question the need for recovery planning. In fact, the very o...

Lessons learned from the New York State mental health response to the September 11, 2001, attacks.

OBJECTIVE In the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center, the public mental health system in New York City mounted the largest mental health disaster response in history, called Project Liberty. The successes and challenges of Project Liberty are evaluated. METHODS The development of Project Liberty is summarized and analyzed from the perspective of the New York...

What Have We Learned?

FIVE YEARS AFTER THE INSTITUTE of Medicine (IOM) reported that as many as 98 000 people die annually as the result of medical errors and called for a national effort to make health care safe, it is time to assess our progress. Is health care safer now? And, if not, why not? The IOM’s report, To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System, galvanized a dramatically expanded level of conversatio...