Nurses and disasters : global, historical case studies /
Arlene W. Keeling, Barbra Mann Wall, editors.
- 1 online resource (xl, 291 pages) : illustrations, portraits
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Typhoid fever epidemic, 1885-1887, Tasmania, Australia / The 1908 Italian earthquake / The 1913 flood in Ohio (USA) / The Alaskan influenza epidemic, 1918-1919 / The bombing blitz of London and Manchester, England, 1940-1944 / The bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, December 7, 1941 / The nuclear catastrophe in Hiroshima, Japan, August 1945 / The Bar Harbor fire of 1947, Bar Harbor, Maine (USA) / The SARS pandemic in Toronto, Canada, 2003 / Hurricane Sandy, October 2012, New York City (USA) / Madonna Grehan -- Anna La Torre -- Janna Dieckmann -- Maria Gilson DeValpine and Arlene W. Keeling -- Jane Brooks -- Gwyneth Rhiannon Milbrath -- Ryoko Ohara, Madonna Grehan, Sioban Nelson, and Trudy Rudge -- Barbara Maling -- Sioban Nelson and Adrienne Byng -- Barbra Mann Wall, Victoria LaMaina, and Emma MacAllister -- Arlene W. Keeling, Emma MacAllister, and Barbra Mann Wall. Conclusion /
"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.