Development and Validation of a Mass Casualty Conceptual Model

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 66-75

  Culley, Joan M ^a   Effken, Judith A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Care delivery system; Informatics information technology; Public health; Theory construction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DELPHI STUDY; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MASS DISASTER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, MANAGEMENT; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; DISASTER PLANNING; HUMANS; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRIAGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77950920691     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: 15475069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2009.01320.x     Document Type: Article

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