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Barriers to integrating crisis standards of care principles into international disaster response plans : workshop summary /

"When a nation or region prepares for public health emergencies such as a pandemic influenza, a large-scale earthquake, or any major disaster scenario in which the health system may be destroyed or stressed to its limits, it is important to describe how standards of care would change due to sho...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores Corporativos: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events, World Congress on Emergency and Disaster Medicine
Otros Autores: Altevogt, Bruce M., Stroud, Clare, Wizemann, Theresa M.
Formato: Electrónico Congresos, conferencias eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2012.
Colección:Online access: National Academy of Sciences National Academies Press.
Online access: NCBI NCBI Bookshelf.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"When a nation or region prepares for public health emergencies such as a pandemic influenza, a large-scale earthquake, or any major disaster scenario in which the health system may be destroyed or stressed to its limits, it is important to describe how standards of care would change due to shortages of critical resources. At the 17th World Congress on Disaster and Emergency Medicine, the IOM Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness [for Catastrophic Events] sponsored a session that focused on the promise of and challenges to integrating crisis standards of care principles into international disaster response plans"--Publisher's description.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 30 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 23-25).
ISBN:9780309221795
030922179X
1280380187
9781280380181