The academic medical centre and nongovernmental organisation partnership following a natural disaster

Disasters

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 609-616

  Sarani, Babak ^a   Mehta, Samir ^b   Ashburn, Michael ^b   Nakashima, Koji ^c   Gupta, Rajan ^d   Dombroski, Derek ^b   Schwab, C William ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c PARTNERS IN HEALTH   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Non governmental organisation; Partnership; Surge capacity

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; HAITI EARTHQUAKE 2010; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH WORKER; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; SEISMIC HAZARD;

ARTICLE; DISASTER; EARTHQUAKE; HAITI; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RELIEF WORK; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; HAITI; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; ORGANIZATIONS; RELIEF WORK; UNITED STATES;

HAITI;

EID: 84865863487     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: 14677717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7717.2012.01279.x     Document Type: Article

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