Typhoon Haiyan and the professionalization of disaster response

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 370, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 1185-1187

  Cranmer, Hilarie H ^a   Biddinger, Paul D ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTER RESPONSE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HUMAN; HURRICANE; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; PATIENT CARE; PHILIPPINES; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RED CROSS; RELIEF WORK; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL WELFARE; UNITED NATIONS; WATER AVAILABILITY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CYCLONIC STORMS; DISASTERS; HOSPITAL RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; HUMANS; PHILIPPINES; RELIEF WORK;

EID: 84896973509     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1401820     Document Type: Article

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