Disaster nursing in Iran: Challenges and opportunities

Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 190-196

  Zarea, Kourosh ^a   Beiranvand, Samira ^a,b   Sheini Jaberi, Parisa ^a   Nikbakht Nasrabadi, Alireza ^c  

^a AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b LORESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Disaster management; Disaster nursing; Disasters; Disasters in Iran; Emergency nursing; Iranian nursing

Indexed keywords

DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY NURSING; HUMAN; IRAN; MANPOWER; NURSE ATTITUDE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTERS; EMERGENCY NURSING; HUMANS; IRAN; NURSE'S ROLE;

EID: 84909577963     PISSN: 15746267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aenj.2014.05.006     Document Type: Review

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