Helping nursing homes shelter-in-place

J. Rush Pierce, Jr., MD, MPH; Theresa A. West, RPh, CEM, TEM

doi:10.5055/jem.2017.0342

Authors

J. Rush Pierce, Jr., MD, MPH
Theresa A. West, RPh, CEM, TEM

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5055/jem.2017.0342

Keywords:

shelter-in-place, nursing homes, emergency

Abstract

No abstract

Author Biographies

J. Rush Pierce, Jr., MD, MPH

Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Theresa A. West, RPh, CEM, TEM

Department of Pharmacy Practice, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, School of Pharmacy, Amarillo, Texas

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