Disaster Health Management: Do Pharmacists Fit in the Team?

Kaitlyn E WatsonVivienne TippettJudith A SingletonLisa M Nissen

Published in: Prehospital and disaster medicine (2019)

This multi-disciplinary disaster health "community" agreed pharmacists have roles in disasters in addition to the established role in supply chain logistics. Participants accepted that pharmacists could possibly undertake numerous clinical roles in a disaster. Several barriers were identified that may be preventing pharmacists from being further included in disaster health management planning and response.WatsonKE, TippettV, SingletonJA, NissenLM. Disaster health management: do pharmacists fit in the team?Prehosp Disaster Med. 2019;34(1):30-37.

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