Preparing international relief workers for health care in the field: An evaluation of organizational practices

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 257-262

  Moresky, Rachel T ^a   Eliades, M James ^b,c,d   Bhimani, M A ^b,c,d   Bunney, E Bradshaw ^a   Vanrooyen, Michael J ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

education; emergencies; experience; field; health care; humanitarian; international; nongovernmental organizations; personnel; relief; standardization; training; workers

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; DISASTER; EVALUATION; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

ALTRUISM; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; RELIEF WORK; VOLUNTARY WORKERS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0035480715     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00043399     Document Type: Article

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