Title Barriers to integrating crisis standards of care principles into international disaster response plans : workshop summary / Bruce M. Altevogt, Clare Stroud, and Theresa Wizemann, rapporteurs ; Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

Published Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 30 pages) : illustrations (some color) Series Online access: National Academy of Sciences National Academies Press Online access: NCBI NCBI Bookshelf Contents Introduction -- Surge capacity planning and crisis standards of care -- The International Health Regulations treaty -- Closing comments 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 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 23-25) Notes English Online resource; title from resource home page (National Academies Press, viewed Apr. 13, 2012) Subject Disaster medicine -- Standards -- Congresses Emergency medical services -- Standards -- Congresses Integrated delivery of health care -- Standards -- Congresses Medical care. National health services. Medical personnel. Health services administration. Social control. Social sciences. Sociology. Integrated delivery of health care. Emergency medical services. Emergency management. Medical policy. Medicine Delivery of Health Care Quality of Health Care Public Policy Health Services Publication Formats Quality Indicators, Health Care Social Control Policies Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation Publication Characteristics Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services Health Occupations Patient Care Management Health Services Administration Social Control, Formal Disciplines and Occupations Policy Health Care Economics and Organizations Social Sciences Sociology Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena Delivery of Health Care, Integrated Congresses Emergency Medical Services Disaster Medicine Disaster Medicine -- standards Disaster Planning Health Policy Standard of Care Emergency Medical Services -- standards State Medicine Health Workforce Health Personnel Patient Care Management -- methods Patient Care social sciences. sociology. emergency medical centers. disaster planning. HEALTH & FITNESS -- First Aid. MEDICAL -- Allied Health Services -- Emergency Medical Services. Sociology Social sciences Social control National health services Medical policy Medical personnel Medical care Integrated delivery of health care Health services administration Emergency medical services Emergency management Emergency medical services -- Standards Genre/Form proceedings (reports) Conference papers and proceedings Conference papers and proceedings. Actes de congrès. Form Electronic book Author Altevogt, Bruce M. Stroud, Clare. Wizemann, Theresa M Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events. World Congress on Emergency and Disaster Medicine (17th : 2011 : Beijing, China) LC no. 2012405369 ISBN 9780309221795 030922179X 1280380187 9781280380181

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