Bethesda hospitals' emergency preparedness partnership: A model for transinstitutional collaboration of emergency responses

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 168-173

  Henderson, David K ^a   Malanoski, Michael P ^b   Corapi, Gene ^c   Passamani, Eugene ^c   Notobartolo, Cynthia ^c   Gillette, Chris ^b   Hawes, Patricia ^c   Lee, Laura M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SUBURBAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIVIL DEFENSE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COOPERATION; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; PUBLIC RELATIONS; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

CIVIL DEFENSE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; MARYLAND; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 73849095789     PISSN: 19357893     EISSN: 193844X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DMP.0b013e3181aa2719     Document Type: Article

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