Following the previous article published in the last issue on the Disaster Response Approach in Hong Kong,this paper will go through the assistance from volunteer agencies during e mergency.The advantages and problems...Following the previous article published in the last issue on the Disaster Response Approach in Hong Kong,this paper will go through the assistance from volunteer agencies during e mergency.The advantages and problems of running of a medical defence volunteer agency will be dis-cussed in details.In order to overcome those structural problems,a new model to operate a volunteer agency will be proposed.Furthermore,tactics of promoting community preparedness for disaster will also be looked into.展开更多
文摘Following the previous article published in the last issue on the Disaster Response Approach in Hong Kong,this paper will go through the assistance from volunteer agencies during e mergency.The advantages and problems of running of a medical defence volunteer agency will be dis-cussed in details.In order to overcome those structural problems,a new model to operate a volunteer agency will be proposed.Furthermore,tactics of promoting community preparedness for disaster will also be looked into.