Author/Editor | Somma, AM | |
Title | Earthquake: historical perspectives for a scientific model of disaster medicine | |
Translated title | Potresi in zgodovinski vidiki za pripravo znanstvenega modela medicine v izrednih razmerah | |
Type | članek | |
Source | In: Zupanič-Slavec Z, editor. Zbornik referatov Medicinski in socialni pogledi na ljubljanski potres 1895. Ob 50-letnici Inštituta za zgodovino medicine in 100-letnici bolnišnice na Zaloški cesti v Ljubljani; 1995 apr 20-21; Ljubljana. Ljubljana: Inštitut za zgodovino medicine, | |
Publication year | 1995 | |
Volume | str. 91-4 | |
Language | eng | |
Abstract | Every country must have a workable disaster plan, widely disseminated, regularly tested and revised as necessary. Natural disasters a earthquakes are a challenge for national welfare and scientific knowledge. Disaster medicine needs a sound historical study, a proper scientific framework and organized management. The author outlines medical and multisectoral aspect essential to this evolving discipline. | |
Descriptors | NATURAL DISASTERS EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES |