Understanding the role for crisis standards of care

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 669-670

  Hanfling, Dan ^a,b   Hick, John L ^c   Cantrill, Stephen V ^d,e  

^a BETTY AND GUY BEATTY CENTER FOR INTEGRATED RESEARCH   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISASTER; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LEGAL LIABILITY; LETTER; NEGLIGENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VICTIM;

DISASTER MEDICINE; DISASTERS; HUMANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84868150596     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2011.11.048     Document Type: Letter

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