Disaster health management : a primer for students and practitioners.
(Print Material)

Previous edition: 2016.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Disaster health is an emerging field that focuses on developing prevention, preparation, response and recovery systems for dealing with health problems that result from a disaster. As disasters worldwide differ in their nature, scope and cultural context, a thorough understanding of the fundamental tenets of sound disaster health management is essential for both students and practitioners to participate confidently and effectively in the field. This textbook provides a standard guide to terminology and management systems across the entire spectrum of disaster health.