Disaster healthcare system management and crisis intervention leadership in thailand-lessons learned from the 2004 tsunami disaster

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 299-302

  Peltz, Rami ^a   Ashkenazi, Issac ^b,c,d   Schwartz, Dagan ^c   Shushan, Ofer ^a   Nakash, Guy ^a   Leiba, Adi ^a,c   Levi, Yeheskel ^d   Goldberg, Avishay ^c   Bar Dayan, Yaron ^a,c  

^a Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) Home Front Command   (Italy)

^b Medical Services and Supply Center IDF Medical Corps   (Italy)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^d IDF Medical Corps ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

coordination; disaster management; hospitals; information; Israeli Defense Forces; leadership; natural hazards; preparedness; Thailand; tsunami

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; LEADERSHIP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; THAILAND;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISASTER PLANNING; LEADERSHIP; NATURAL DISASTERS; THAILAND;

EID: 33947522016     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00003915     Document Type: Article

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