Mother Nature versus human nature: Public compliance with evacuation and quarantine

Disasters

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 417-442

  Manuell, Mary Elise ^a   Cukor, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Compliance; Disaster; Evacuation; Lessons learned; Pandemic; Quarantine

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK PERCEPTION; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DISASTER PLANNING; EPIDEMIC; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN CHARACTERISTIC; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; DECISION MAKING; DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUARANTINE; RISK-TAKING; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79951624746     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: 14677717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7717.2010.01219.x     Document Type: Article

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