Bridging the gap: Building local resilience and competencies in remote communities

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 297-300

  Gilbert, Mads ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; DISASTER PLANNING; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RELIEF WORK; RURAL HEALTH CARE;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RELIEF WORK; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 58149155934     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00005902     Document Type: Editorial

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