Responses of the Long-Term Care System to Recent Natural Disasters

Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 399-414

  Laditka, Sarah B ^a   Laditka, James N ^b   Shenk, Dena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Disaster Experience; Disaster Planning; Disaster Preparedness; Emergency Preparedness; Nursing Home

Indexed keywords

EID: 85012136064     PISSN: 13896903     EISSN: 2542839X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-7374-0_25     Document Type: Chapter

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