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While sharing the most elemental cause — the thermal factor — burns and fire disasters have long been considered separately, on the one hand as a purely clinical medical problem, and on the other as a societal, environmental problem. It is becoming increasingly evident that there is close interrelationship between the two at all levels — prevention, response, care, management and rehabilitation — and such rapprochement cannot but strengthen the efficiency and efficacy of all concerned. This paper proposes a scientific basis for disaster medicine, in which more burn surgeons are becoming involved.
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Gunn, S.W.A. (1992). The scientific basis of disaster medicine. In: Masellis, M., Gunn, S. (eds) The Management of Mass Burn Casualties and Fire Disasters. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-585-33973-3_3
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