Disability and health-related rehabilitation in international disaster relief

• Main Authors: On behalf of the International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine's Sub-Committee on Rehabilitation Disaster Relief (Author), Michael Marx (Author), Joel A. Delisa (Author), Andrew J. Haig (Author), Farooq A. Rathore (Author), James Gosney (Author), Jianan Li (Author), Jan D. Reinhardt (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2011-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...