Coping with Disaster: General Practitioners' Perspectives on the Impact of the Canterbury Earthquakes

PLoS Currents

Volumn , Issue APR, 2014, Pages 1-9

  Johal, Sarb ^a   Mounsey, Zoe ^a   Tuohy, Robyn ^a   Johnston, David ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COPING BEHAVIOR; COUNSELING; EARTHQUAKE; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NATURAL DISASTER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 84898608259     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21573999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/currents.dis.cf4c8fa61b9f4535b878c48eca87ed5d     Document Type: Article

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