Family Reunification-Concepts and Challenges

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 195-207

  Nager, Alan L ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ancillary services; children; disaster; family reunification; identification; planning; tracking

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; DEPRESSION; DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FAMILY SERVICE; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HURRICANE; LAW; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NOMENCLATURE; PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK; STANDARDIZATION; TERRORISM; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

EID: 69549124404     PISSN: 15228401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpem.2009.06.003     Document Type: Article

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