An academic medical center under prolonged rocket attack-organizational, medical, and financial considerations

Academic Medicine

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1203-1210

  Bar El, Yaron ^a   Michaelson, Moshe ^a   Hyames, Gila ^a   Skorecki, Karl ^a   Reisner, Shimon A ^a   Beyar, Rafael ^a  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; DISASTER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SERVICE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOLDIER; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VOLUNTEER; WAR; WORK SCHEDULE;

EID: 70349130804     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181b18bd6     Document Type: Review

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