Making the decision to report to work in a disaster: Nurses may have conflicting obligations

American Journal of Nursing

Volumn 106, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 54-57

  Chaffee, Mary W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific   (United States)

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EID: 33748412893     PISSN: 0002936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000446-200609000-00027     Document Type: Review

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