Overcoming legal obstacles involving the voluntary care of children who are separated from their legal guardians during a disaster

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 392-398

  Foltin, George L ^a,b   Lucky, Christian ^b   Portelli, Ian ^b   Goldfrank, Lewis R ^a,b   Fertel, Baruch S ^a,b   Lackey, Benjamin ^b   Marr, Mollie ^a   Dreyer, Benard P ^a,c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Child safety; Legal issues; Trauma

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD SAFETY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CUSTODY; DISASTER; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; LEGAL LIABILITY; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; NURSE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PAIN; PARENTAL CONSENT; PHYSICIAN; REVIEW; VOLUNTARY PROGRAM;

CHILD; DISASTERS; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; LEGAL GUARDIANS; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY HEALTH AGENCIES;

EID: 66149175566     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e318178c05d     Document Type: Review

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