Emergency preparedness and public health: The lessons of hurricane sandy

JAMA

Volumn 308, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 2569-2570

  Powell, Tia ^a   Hanfling, Dan ^b,c   Gostin, Lawrence O ^d  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

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

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EMERGENCY CARE; FLOODING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HURRICANE; MEDICAL SERVICE; NATURAL DISASTER; NURSING HOME; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SHORT SURVEY; VETERAN;

EID: 84871506482     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2012.108940     Document Type: Short Survey

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