Health care workers' ability and willingness to report to duty during catastrophic disasters

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 378-388

  Qureshi, K ^a,d   Gershon, R R M ^a   Sherman, M F ^c   Straub, T ^b   Gebbie, E ^a   McCollum, M ^a   Erwin, M J ^a   Morse, S S ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND   (United States)

^d ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ability; Disaster; Emergency; Health care workers; Willingness

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CHEMICAL WARFARE; CHILD CARE; DISASTER; ELDERLY CARE; EPIDEMIC; FAMILY; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SELF CARE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SMALLPOX; TERRORISM; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES; WORK CAPACITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DISASTERS; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY;

EID: 23944505765     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jurban/jti086     Document Type: Article

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