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.

Publication Info.	Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2012]
	©2012

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Description	1 online resource (xi, 30 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Physical Medium	polychrome
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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).
Contents	Introduction -- Surge capacity planning and crisis standards of care -- The International Health Regulations treaty -- Closing comments.
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Subject	Disaster medicine -- Standards -- Congresses.
	Disaster medicine.
	Emergency medical services -- Standards -- Congresses.
	Emergency medical services -- Standards.
	Emergency medical services.
	Integrated delivery of health care -- Standards -- Congresses.
	Integrated delivery of health care.
	Disaster Medicine.
	Emergency Medical Services.
	Standard of Care.
	Disaster Planning.
	Health Policy.
Genre/Form	Congress.
	Electronic books.
	Conference papers and proceedings.
	Conference papers and proceedings.
Added 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)
Other Form:	Print version: Barriers to integrating crisis standards of care principles into international disaster response plans. Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2012 9780309221788 (OCoLC)779255676
ISBN	9780309221795 (electronic book)
	030922179X (electronic book)
	1280380187
	9781280380181
	9780309221788
	0309221781

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