Health Disaster Management: Guidelines for Evaluation and Research in the Utstein Style: Executive Summary
- 1 March 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Prehospital and Disaster Medicine
- Vol. 14 (2) , 11-20
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s1049023x0002728x
Abstract
Disasters always have been a part of life, whether caused by unavoidable natural events or by avoidable, man-made events. Being rendered helpless by such events has caused fear and concern in all periods of history. To some extent, a disaster is expected, but there are varying degrees of uncertainty as to how and when it will occur. The occurrence of a disaster creates varying degrees of chaos combined with a mismatch between resources and needs. Therefore, in order to restore an affected society back to its pre-event status requires extraordinary efforts.Keywords
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