Understanding the chain of communication during a disaster

Perspectives in Psychiatric Care

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 4-14

  Shover, Heather ^a,b  

^a Beaver Medical Group   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

American Red Cross; Disaster response; Health care crisis; Mass causality; Medical response; Public health

Indexed keywords

DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; FORECASTING; GUIDELINES; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 33846485147     PISSN: 00315990     EISSN: 17446163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6163.2007.00100.x     Document Type: Review

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