| Making Sense of Disaster Medicine: A Hands-On Guide for Medics Contributor(s): Hawley, Alan (Author), Matheson, James (Author) |
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ISBN: 0340967560 ISBN-13: 9780340967560 Publisher: CRC Press OUR PRICE: $40.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Public Health - Medical | Emergency Medicine - Medical | Occupational & Industrial Medicine |
| Dewey: 616.025 |
| Series: Making Sense (Hodder Arnold) |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.1" W x 7.7" (0.88 lbs) 336 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Diaster medicine emcompasses the medical response to mass casualty incidents including rail, air and road traffic accidents, domestic terrorism and pandemic outbacks, as well as the global issues of conflict and natural catastrophe. Where once this area was regarded as a niche interest of those wishing to carry out humanitarian assistance abroad, now it is to be a nationally-regulated field with intercollegiate support and a firm academic basis. Making Sense of Disaster Medicine is the first introductory text of its kind where leaders in the field of medicine; it provides essential reading for all medical students on the scale of the 7 July 2005 terrorist bomb blasts in London, or the December 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami. |