Recovering from disaster: Comparing the experiences of nurses and general practitioners after the Canterbury, New Zealand earthquake sequence 2010–2011

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 29-34

  Johal, Sarbjit Singh ^a   Mounsey, Zoe Rachel ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

disaster; general practitioners; healthcare professionals; nurses; psychosocial response; recovery

Indexed keywords

DISASTER; EARTHQUAKE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; NEW ZEALAND; NURSE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; NEW ZEALAND; NURSES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84978682928     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nhs.12296     Document Type: Article

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