Human resources issues and australian disaster medical assistance teams: Results of a national survey of team memberss

Emerging Health Threats Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Aitken, Peter ^a,b   Leggat, Peter ^a,c   Harley, Hazel ^a,d,e   Speare, Richard ^a   Leclercq, Muriel ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b TOWNSVILLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d Department of Health ^*

^e DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Deployment conditions; Disaster; Disaster medical assistance teams; Human resources; Indemnity; Medical assistance; Southeast asia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DISASTER PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL SERVICE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT CARE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; TSUNAMI; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE; ADULT; AGED; DISASTER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION;

EID: 84869818097     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17528550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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