Physician licensure during disasters: A national survey of state medical boards [3]

JAMA

Volumn 299, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 169-171

  Boyajian O'Neill, Lori A ^a   Gronewold, Lindsey M ^a   Glaros, Alan G ^a   Elmore, Amy M ^b  

^a KANSAS CITY UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND BIOSCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISASTER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HURRICANE; LETTER; LICENSING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CERTIFICATION; CIVIL DEFENSE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEGAL ASPECT; PHYSICIAN; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

CIVIL DEFENSE; DATA COLLECTION; DISASTERS; HUMANS; LICENSURE, MEDICAL; PHYSICIANS; SPECIALTY BOARDS; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 38049129745     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2007.39     Document Type: Letter

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