Making difficult ethical decisions in patient care during natural disasters and other mass casualty events

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 181-186

  Holt, G Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; DISASTER; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESPONSIBILITY; TERRORISM;

DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMANS; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; NATURAL DISASTERS; TERRORISM; TRIAGE;

EID: 47549085535     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2008.04.027     Document Type: Article

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