National preparedness for a catastrophic emergency: Crisis standards of care

JAMA

Volumn 302, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 2365-2366

  Gostin, Lawrence O ^a   Hanfling, Dan ^b,c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER   (United States)

^b BETTY AND GUY BEATTY CENTER FOR INTEGRATED RESEARCH   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MEDICINE; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY CARE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL ETHICS; NATURAL DISASTER; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTERS; EMERGENCIES; HUMANS; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 72249118368     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2009.1780     Document Type: Note

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