Hurricane emergency planning by home health providers serving the poor

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 299-314

  Kirkpatrick, Dahlia V ^a   Bryan, Marguerite ^b,c  

^a Acute Care Clinic   (United States)

^b XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Community disaster; Disaster response; Emergency management; Emergency planning; Health care policy; Home health agencies; Hurricane katrina; Indigenous population; Inner city; Natural disasters; New orleans

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GOVERNMENT; HOME CARE; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; LOUISIANA; NATURAL DISASTERS; POVERTY AREAS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAFF DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 34249303817     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2007.0037     Document Type: Article

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