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Nurses on the front line : when disaster strikes, 1878-2010 /
This book examines how nurses have responded to natural and man-made disasters in the in the US and Canada over the course of the previous and current centuries. It identifies the care delivered during various disasters; explicates how nurses at the local level intersected with the American Red Cros...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Springer Pub. Co.,
©2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book examines how nurses have responded to natural and man-made disasters in the in the US and Canada over the course of the previous and current centuries. It identifies the care delivered during various disasters; explicates how nurses at the local level intersected with the American Red Cross (ARC), American Nurses Association (ANA), the U.S. Public Health Service, and other federal/state organizations; describes how this intersection changed over time; and analyzes how issues of race, class, and gender influenced the ways nurses and other health care professionals responded to disaste. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxvi, 291 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780826105202 0826105203 1282764438 9781282764439 |