Disability and health-related rehabilitation in international disaster relief

Natural disasters result in significant numbers of disabling impairments. Paradoxically, however, the traditional health system response to natural disasters largely neglects health-related rehabilitation as a strategic intervention.To examine the role of health-related rehabilitation in natural dis...

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Published in:Global Health Action
Main Authors: On behalf of the International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine's Sub-Committee on Rehabilitation Disaster Relief, Michael Marx, Joel A. Delisa, Andrew J. Haig, Farooq A. Rathore, James Gosney, Jianan Li, Jan D. Reinhardt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2011-08-01
Online Access:http://www.globalhealthaction.net/index.php/gha/article/view/7191/9933