Public health & preventive medicine
Disaster Management
Medical Preparedness, Response and Homeland Security
Edited by Rajesh Arora, Preeti Arora.
Description
Disaster management is an increasingly important subject, as effective management of both natural and manmade disasters is essential to save lives and minimize casualties. This book discusses the best practice for vital elements of disaster medicine in both developed and developing countries, including planning and preparedness of hospitals, emergency medical services, communication and IT tools for medical disaster response and psychosocial issues. It also covers the use of state-of the-art training tools, with a full section on post-disaster relief, rehabilitation and recovery.
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- Publisher CAB International
- Publication Date September 2013
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9781845939298 / 1845939298
- Publication Country or regionUnited Kingdom
- FormatHardback
- Primary Price 120 GBP
- Pages680
- ReadershipProfessional and Scholarly
- Publish StatusPublished
- Copyright Year2013
