Hospital evacuation decisions in emergency situations - Reply

JAMA

Volumn 309, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 1586-

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

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

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL EVACUATION; HUMAN; HURRICANE; LETTER; NATURAL DISASTER; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; RESCUE PERSONNEL; CIVIL DEFENSE; DISASTER PLANNING; NOTE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARD;

CIVIL DEFENSE; CYCLONIC STORMS; DISASTER PLANNING; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; PATIENT TRANSFER;

EID: 84876338249     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2013.2473     Document Type: Letter

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