Planning for disaster: Developing a multi-agency counselling service

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 278-290

  Gregory, W J ^a   Midgley, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community OR; Critical systems thinking; Disaster response; Health service; Multi agency working; Process of OR; Soft OR; Soft systems methodology

Indexed keywords

DISASTER PREVENTION; HEALTH CARE; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

MULTIAGENCY COUNSELLING SERVICES; MULTIAGENCY PLANNING; SOFT SYSTEMS METHODOLOGY (SSM);

STRATEGIC PLANNING;

EID: 0033882293     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2600912     Document Type: Article

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