Editorial: Are we ready? Preparing nurses to respond to disasters and emerging infectious diseases

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 11-12, 2010, Pages 1483-1484

  Usher, Kim ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISASTER PLANNING; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; NURSE;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISASTER PLANNING; HUMANS; NURSES;

EID: 77955958365     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2009.02979.x     Document Type: Editorial

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