Preparing nurses for future disasters-The Sichuan experience

Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 246-250

  Conlon, Lisa ^a   Wiechula, Rick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disaster; Emergency; Emergency and disaster preparedness; Nursing; Psychological; Sichuan earthquake

Indexed keywords

EID: 80055027149     PISSN: 15746267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aenj.2011.08.001     Document Type: Article

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