Abstract

CESPEDES MORA, Vivian María. Lecciones aprendidas en desastres y la gestión del conocimiento en salud y desastres. Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr [online]. 2003, vol.19, n.3. ISSN 0864-2125.

This paper reviewed the last papers published about the awareness of the production and dissemination of lessons learned on disasters for the knowledge management in terms of medicine and disaster. It underlined the effect of the lessons learned as an important element in the decision-taking on disaster management. It showed the concern of the Latin-American Center of Disaster Medicine about the need of rescuing and encouraging the production of the lessons learned by the health personnel in facing up to catastrophes and in performing its work in Cuba and Latin America

Keywords : DISASTERS [prevention & control]; NATURAL DISASTERS; HEALTH EDUCATION; LEARNING; DISASTER MEDICINE.