Personal and professional challenges confronted by hospital staff following hurricane sandy: A qualitative assessment of management perspectives

BMC Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Morris, Andrea M ^a,b   Ricci, Karen A ^c   Griffin, Anne R ^b   Heslin, Kevin C ^d   Dobalian, Aram ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster response; Hospital; Professional duty; Recovery; US Department of Veterans Affairs; Veterans

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAM; DISASTER PLANNING; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; NATURAL DISASTER; NEW YORK; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; DISASTER; HURRICANE; INTERVIEW; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES;

CYCLONIC STORMS; DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTERS; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NEW YORK; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TRANSPORTATION; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 84965005879     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471227X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12873-016-0082-5     Document Type: Article

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