Barriers to integrating crisis standards of care principles into international disaster response plans: workshop summary
Auteur :
Institute of Medicine / Board on Health Sciences Policy / Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events
Éditeur :
National Academies Press
ISBN :
9780309221788
Date de publication :
10 avr. 2012
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
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.