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The Nurses' Perspective: Strengthening Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Medicine Systems in Developing Countries through Nurse Participation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 February 2017

Lisa M. Hilmi ,
Robert B. Bristow ,
Anil Jasinghe ,
Eeshara Kottegoda Vithana ,
Sol Kuah ,
Ranjith Ellwala  and
Pushpa de Zoysa
Lisa M. Hilmi
Affiliation:
AmeriCares Foundation, Nawala, Sri Lanka
Robert B. Bristow
Affiliation:
Columbia University, New York, New York, USA New York Presbyterian, New York, New York, USA
Anil Jasinghe
Affiliation:
Ministry of Health, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Eeshara Kottegoda Vithana
Affiliation:
Ministry of Health, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Sol Kuah
Affiliation:
Columbia University School of Public Health, New York, New York, USA
Ranjith Ellwala
Affiliation:
Ministry of Health, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Pushpa de Zoysa
Affiliation:
National Hospital, Colombo, Sri Lanka
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Keywords

developing countriesdisaster preparednessemergency medicine systemsnurse
Type
Oral Presentations—Preparation and Planning
Information
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 24 , supplement S1: Abstracts of Scientific and Invited Papers 16th World Congress for Disaster and Emergency Medicine , February 2009 , pp. s100
Copyright
Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 2009