| Description |
1 online resource (xl, 291 pages) : illustrations, portraits |
| Contents |
Typhoid fever epidemic, 1885-1887, Tasmania, Australia / Madonna Grehan -- The 1908 Italian earthquake / Anna La Torre -- The 1913 flood in Ohio (USA) / Janna Dieckmann -- The Alaskan influenza epidemic, 1918-1919 / Maria Gilson DeValpine and Arlene W. Keeling -- The bombing blitz of London and Manchester, England, 1940-1944 / Jane Brooks -- The bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, December 7, 1941 / Gwyneth Rhiannon Milbrath -- The nuclear catastrophe in Hiroshima, Japan, August 1945 / Ryoko Ohara, Madonna Grehan, Sioban Nelson, and Trudy Rudge -- The Bar Harbor fire of 1947, Bar Harbor, Maine (USA) / Barbara Maling -- The SARS pandemic in Toronto, Canada, 2003 / Sioban Nelson and Adrienne Byng -- Hurricane Sandy, October 2012, New York City (USA) / Barbra Mann Wall, Victoria LaMaina, and Emma MacAllister -- Conclusion / Arlene W. Keeling, Emma MacAllister, and Barbra Mann Wall |
| Summary |
"Describes and analyzes the nursing response to a variety of historic and recent global disasters that occurred between 1885 and 2012, including Hurricane Sandy. ... It examines how partnerships developed, their implications for policy, and how we can use lessons learned to improve care in the future"--Back cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Disaster nursing -- History -- 19th century
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Disaster nursing -- History -- 20th century
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Disaster nursing -- History -- 21st century
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Disasters -- history
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Nurse's Role -- history
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Global Health -- history
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History, 19th Century
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History, 20th Century
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History, 21st Century
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Holism.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Reference.
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MEDICAL -- Alternative Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Atlases.
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MEDICAL -- Essays.
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MEDICAL -- Family & General Practice.
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MEDICAL -- Holistic Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Osteopathy.
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Disaster nursing
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Keeling, Arlene Wynbeek, 1948- editor.
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Wall, Barbra Mann, editor.
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| ISBN |
9780826126733 |
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0826126731 |
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1786840588 |
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9781786840585 |
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