A comparative study of laws, rules, codes and other influences on nursing homes' disaster preparedness in the Gulf Coast states

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 655-675

  Brown, Lisa M ^a   Hyer, Kathryn ^b   Polivka West, LuMarie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Florida Health Care Association   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY CARE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HURRICANE; LAW; NURSING HOME;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; DISASTER PLANNING; HUMANS; NURSING HOMES; RESCUE WORK; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 35948935064     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: 10990798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bsl.785     Document Type: Article

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