Importance of individualized disaster preparedness for hospitalized or institutionalized patients: lessons learned from the legal revisions made to the Basic Act on Disaster Management in Japan following the Fukushima nuclear disaster - Yoshida M, Sawano T, Senoo Y, Ozaki A, Nishikawa Y, Zhao T, Saito H, Shimazu Y, Nonaka S, Moto Y, Yamamoto C, Tsubokura M.

Compared to other groups, vulnerable groups, particularly the elderly, people with disabilities, and institutionalized patients (living in hospitals and nursing and retirement facilities), experience heavier disaster burdens that prevent the normal pro-...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news