Primary care physicians and pandemic influenza: An appraisal of the 1918 experience and an assessment of contemporary planning

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 379-386

  Lauer, Jacob ^b   Kastner, Justin ^a   Nutsch, Abbey ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

1918 flu; Healthcare; Influenza; Pandemic; Physicians; Primary care physicians; Public health preparedness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMMUNITY; EPIDEMIC; EXPERIENCE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HISTORICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INTERVIEW; PANDEMIC; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; BIRD; DISASTER PLANNING; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HISTORY; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; PATHOGENICITY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 48149111994     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000324567.10652.db     Document Type: Article

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