The role of physical therapists in natural disasters: What can we learn from the earthquake in haiti?;Le rôle du physiothérapeute lors de catastrophes naturelles: Quelles leçons pouvons-nous tirer du tremblement de terre en Haïti?

Physiotherapy Canada

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 167-171

  Nixon, Stephanie A ^a,b   Cleaver, Shaun ^c   Stevens, Marianne ^a,d   Hard, Julie ^d   Landry, Michel D ^a,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c Hospital Albert Schweitzer   (Haïti)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^f University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

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EID: 77958016380     PISSN: 03000508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/physio.62.3.167     Document Type: Editorial

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