Hospitals in hurricane katrina: Challenges facing custodial institutions in a disaster

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 283-298

  Gray, Bradford H ^a   Hebert, Kathy ^b,c  

^a URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Jay Weiss Center for Social Medicine and Health Equity

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster planning; Hospitals; Katrina; New orleans

Indexed keywords

APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; ARTICLE; CUSTODY; DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; GOVERNMENT; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POWER SUPPLY; UNITED STATES;

CUSTODIAL CARE; DISASTER PLANNING; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LOUISIANA; NATURAL DISASTERS; RELIEF WORK; RESCUE WORK;

EID: 34249302776     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2007.0031     Document Type: Article

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