Disaster Medical Sciences: Towards Defining A New Discipline

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According to the author, "When considering challenges and opportunities for the future of emergency medicine, Disaster Medical Sciences takes a front and center role. Emergency preparedness faces a multitude of policy and operational challenges. There are many non-medical factors that influence disaster management systems. Patient-centered solutions are necessary.

(...) the global and transdisciplinary nature of Disaster Medical Sciences requires us to both develop scientific doctrines and manage disasters concurrently".