Peace through Health: The Role of Health Workers in Preventing Emergency Care Needs

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1324-1327

  Davis, Mark ^a   Goldstein, Keira ^b   Nasser, Tawfiq ^c   Assaf, Cobi ^d  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Augusta Victoria Hospital   (Israel)

^d HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN RIGHTS; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED CROSS; UNITED STATES; WAR; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; POLITICS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; WAR; WORLD HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33751200914     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2006.08.005     Document Type: Editorial

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