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Public Health Management of Disasters

Linda Young Landesman

The 2nd edition consolidates information on disaster-related resources. It is designed to help the public health profession plan for tasks for which "on the job" is the chief teacher. Landesman has recognized striking improvements in disaster readiness in United States, including inter-organizational cooperation and planning among response agencies, and greater technological capability for monitoring and response. Additional information has been added on morbidity and mortality for several new types of disasters; updated structure and organization to reflect changes in federal response and organization including national incident management system, public health incident command, volunteers, Geographic Information Systems and public health response; expanded disaster communications including working with media, communication systems, information technology recovery; surge capacity and...

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