Hospital response to acute-onset disasters: The state of the science in 2005

Nursing Clinics of North America

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 565-577

  Chaffee, Mary W ^a,b  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 23944509726     PISSN: 00296465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnur.2005.04.013     Document Type: Review

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