Title Guidance for establishing crisis standards of care for use in disaster situations : a letter report / Committee on Guidance for Establishing Standards of Care for Use in Disaster Situations, Board on Health Sciences Policy ; Bruce M. Altevogt [and others], editors ; Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

Publication Info.	Washington, DC : National Academies Press, [2009]
	©2009

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Description	1 online resource (x, 150) : illustrations
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 93-109).
Summary	This report focuses on articulating current concepts and guidance that can assist state and local public health officials, health care facilities, and professionals in the development of systematic and comprehensive policies and protocols for crisis standards of care in disasters where resources are scarce, as well as provide guidance to clinicians, health care institutions, and state and local public health officials for how those crisis standards of care should be implemented in a disaster situation.
Funding	Sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences and the Dept. of Health and Human services HHSP23320042509XI
Contents	Background -- Methods -- Crisis standards of care: the vision -- Developing crisis standards of care protocols: a state public health authority process -- Ethical framework -- Community and provider engagement, education, and communication -- Legal issues in emergencies -- Operational implementation of crisis standards of care -- Conclusion.
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Subject	Disaster medicine -- United States.
	Disaster medicine.
	United States.
	Emergency medical services -- Utilization -- United States.
	Emergency medical services -- Utilization.
	Emergency management -- United States.
	Emergency management.
	Delivery of Health Care -- standards.
	Disaster Medicine -- standards.
	Disasters.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	Electronic books.
	Technical reports.
	Technical reports.
Added Author	Altevogt, Bruce M.
	Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Guidance for Establishing Standards of Care for Use in Disaster Situations.
Other Form:	Print version: Guidance for establishing crisis standards of care for use in disaster situations. Washington, DC : National Academies Press, ©2009 9780309144308 (DLC) 2010275419 (OCoLC)457910937
ISBN	9780309144315 (electronic book)
	0309144310 (electronic book)
	1282412493
	9781282412491
	0309144302 (paperback)
	9780309144308 (paperback)

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