Haiti disaster tourism-A medical shame

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 201-202

  Van Hoving, Daniël J ^a,c   Wallis, Lee A ^a   Docrat, Fathima ^b   Vries, Shaheem De ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

^c NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

disaster; disaster tourism; earthquake; Haiti

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; DISASTER; DISASTER MEDICINE; DISASTER PLANNING; EARTHQUAKE; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HAITI; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MASS MEDIUM; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RELIEF WORK;

ALTRUISM; DISASTER MEDICINE; DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HAITI; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MASS MEDIA; MOTIVATION; RELIEF WORK;

EID: 77957001717     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00008001     Document Type: Review

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