Medical rehabilitation after natural disasters: Why, when, and how?

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1875-1881

  Rathore, Farooq A ^a,b,c,g   Gosney, James E ^a,g   Reinhardt, Jan D ^a,d,e   Haig, Andrew J ^a,f,g   Li, Jianan ^a,h   Delisa, Joel A ^a,i  

^a Rehabilitation Disaster Relief Committee   (Switzerland)

^b National University of Medical Sciences   (Pakistan)

^c World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine   (United States)

^d SWISS PARAPLEGIC RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LUCERNE   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g International Rehabilitation Forum Emergency Rehabilitation Work Group   (United States)

^h NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

ⁱ RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Amputation; Disability evaluation; Disasters; Occupational therapy; Outcome assessment; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injuries

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISABILITY; DISASTER MEDICINE; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LIMB AMPUTATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NATURAL DISASTER; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; REHABILITATION CARE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 84866391325     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2012.05.018     Document Type: Note

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