Challenges of international disaster relief: Use of a Deployable Rapid Assembly Shelter and Surgical Hospital

Disaster Management and Response

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 11-16

  Owens, Patricia J ^a,b   Forgione Jr , Anthony ^a   Briggs, Susan ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISASTER; EARTHQUAKE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL DESIGN; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; IRAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; RESCUE PERSONNEL; SURGERY; TEAMWORK; UNITED STATES; VICTIM;

HOSPITALS, PACKAGED; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; IRAN; MEDICAL MISSIONS, OFFICIAL; NATURAL DISASTERS; RELIEF WORK; SURGERY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 12144260518     PISSN: 15402487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dmr.2004.10.004     Document Type: Article

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