Public Health Management of Disasters: The Practice Guide, Second Edition
Public Health Management of Disasters: The Practice Guide is a scholarly addition to the evolving body of disaster medicine literature. This comprehensive text explores disasters from a public health perspective, examining systems and populations. The text's marriage of the public health and emergency management communities will aid the reader in tackling the myriad of disasters, irrespective of type or scope. --Kristi L. Koenig, MD, FACEP, Director of Public Health Preparedness, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California at IrvinePublic Health Management of Disasters: The Practice Guide will serve as the essential desk reference not only for health professionals responsible for preparing for and responding to disasters, but for emergency managers, government officials, and other decision-makers charged with ensuring that limited resources of the affected community are well-served. --Eric K. Noji, MD, MPH, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)