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Research considerations when studying disasters.

Cox CW

School of Nursing & Health Studies, Georgetown University, 3700 Reservoir Road NW, Washington, DC 20057, USA. cathicox@aol.com

Nurses play an integral role during disasters because they are called upon more than any other health care professional during disaster response efforts; consequently, nurse researchers are interested in studying the issues that impact nurses in the aftermath of a disaster. This article offers research considerations for nurse scientists when developing proposals related to disaster research and identifies resources and possible funding sources for their projects.

Published 21 January 2008 in Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am, 20(1): 111-9, viii.
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