Palliative care considerations in mass casualty events with scarce resources

Biosecurity and Bioterrorism

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 199-210

  Matzo, Marianne ^a,b   Wilkinson, Anne ^c   Lynn, Joanne ^d   Gatto, Maria ^e   Phillips, Sally ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e Bon Secours Health System   (United States)

^f AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MANPOWER; MASS DISASTER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; TERMINAL CARE;

DECISION MAKING; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; PALLIATIVE CARE; TERMINAL CARE; TRIAGE;

EID: 70349233914     PISSN: 15387135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bsp.2009.0017     Document Type: Article

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