Future humanitarian crises: Challenges for practice, policy, and public health

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 191-198

  Burkle, Frederick M ^a,b,c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS   (United States)

^c Humanitarian Affairs Prehospital and Disaster Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

disaster; future crisis; global health humanitarian crises; public health emergency

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; EDITORIAL; HEALTH; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; WAR;

ALTRUISM; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTERS; HUMANS; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC POLICY; SECURITY MEASURES; WAR; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 77956994479     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00007998     Document Type: Review

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