Hospital preparedness for possible nonconventional casualties: An Israeli experience

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 359-366

  Schreiber, Shaul ^a   Yoeli, Naomi ^a   Paz, Gedalia ^a   Barbash, Gabriel I ^a   Varssano, David ^a   Fertel, Nurit ^a   Hassner, Avi ^a   Drory, Margalit ^a   Halpern, Pinchas ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Chemical and biological casualties; Disaster management; Hardiness; Nonconventional war; Preparedness; Resilience; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT;

ACCIDENT; ARMY; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; DISASTER; EMERGENCY; HEALTH HAZARD; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LEADERSHIP; ORGANIZATION; STRESS; SUICIDE; TERRORISM; WAR;

BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CHEMICAL WARFARE; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; ISRAEL; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; RELIEF WORK; SECURITY MEASURES; TERRORISM;

EID: 4944236958     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2004.05.003     Document Type: Article

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