title: Disaster Nursing: A handbook for practice Disaster Nursing: A handbook for practice Authors: Deborah S Adelman and Timothy J Legg Publishers: Jones and Bartlett, Boston MA No of pages: 347 Price: £32.99 978-0763758448 0763758442 [Formula: see text].
abstract: Emergency nurses in the UK tend to be effective at managing major incidents because these last for short periods of time. But in disaster situations responses have to be prolonged and the demands placed on individual nurses in such circumstances can be immense and have lasting effects.