Challenges of the New Zealand healthcare disaster preparedness prior to the Canterbury earthquakes: A qualitative analysis

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 126, Issue 1371, 2013, Pages

  Al Shaqsi, Sultan ^a   Gauld, Robin ^a   Lovell, Sarah ^a   McBride, David ^a   Al Kashmiri, Ammar ^b   Al Harthy, Abdullah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISASTER PLANNING; EARTHQUAKE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NEW ZEALAND; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SURGE CAPACITY; VOLUNTEER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84875187436     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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