Willingness of health care personnel to work in a disaster: An integrative review of the literature

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 42-56

  Chaffee, Mary ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster; Hospital; Person; Willingness; Work

Indexed keywords

DISASTER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; REVIEW; WORKLOAD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DISASTERS; HUMANS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 67649305312     PISSN: 19357893     EISSN: 193844X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DMP.0b013e31818e8934     Document Type: Review

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