Facing war, terrorism, and disaster: Toward a child-oriented comprehensive emergency care system

Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 343-361

  Laor, Nathaniel ^a,b,c,d   Wolmer, Leo ^c,d   Spirman, Smadar ^d,e   Wiener, Ze'ev ^c,d  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^d Association for Children at Risk   (Israel)

^e Emergency Treatment System   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMMUNITY CARE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISASTER; ECOLOGY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FAMILY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIETY; TERRORISM; WAR;

EID: 0037387417     PISSN: 10564993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1056-4993(02)00106-2     Document Type: Review

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