Disaster recovery plan development for the emergency department-case study

Public Administration and Management

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 75-99

  Al Kattan, Ibrahim ^a   Abboud, Bahaa ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Disaster recovery plan; Emergency Department; Healthcare; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949360945     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10870091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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