Nursing in sudden-onset disasters: Factors and information that affect participation

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 359-365

  Mitani, Satoko ^a   Kuboyama, Kazutoshi ^b   Shirakawa, Taro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

condition; disaster information; disaster management; knowledge; nursing; preparedness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MANPOWER; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DISASTER PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; JAPAN; NATURAL DISASTERS; NURSING SERVICES; PERSONNEL SELECTION; RELIEF WORK;

EID: 4344704087     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00001321     Document Type: Article

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