Expanding the scope of humanitarian program evaluation

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 390-395

  Bolton, Paul ^a   Bass, Judith ^a   Murray, Laura ^a   Lee, Katharine ^b   Weiss, William ^a   McDonnell, Sharon M ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

disaster; evaluation; humanitarian; impact; method; objective; program; response

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; DISASTER; DISASTER MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; UNITED STATES;

ALTRUISM; DISASTER MEDICINE; HUMANS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIEF WORK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38449083672     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00005100     Document Type: Article

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