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Oxford American handbook of disaster medicine /

"Disasters are difficult to manage for many reasons: the immediacy of the event, magnitude of the event, lack of evidence-based practices, and the limited usefulness of many developed protocols. Consequently, combining academic approaches with realistic and practical recommendations continues t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Partridge, Robert A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, ©2012.
Colección:Oxford American handbooks.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Contents; Contributors; Part 1: Introduction; 1 Definition of a disaster; 2 All-hazards approach; 3 The disaster cycle: an overview of disaster phases; 4 Mitigation phase of disasters; 5 Preparedness phase of disaster; 6 Response phase of disaster; 7 Recovery phase of disasters; Part 2: General Concepts Components of Disaster Response; 8 Local-level disaster response; 9 State-level disaster response; 10 Federal disaster response; 11 Military disaster response; 12 Emergency management in disasters; 13 Emergency medical services; 14 Public health in disasters.