Public Health and Medical Response to Disasters : Federal Authority and Funding.

Examines statutory authorities and coordinating mechanisms of the President and Secretary of HHS to provide emergency medical and public health assistance to State and local governments, nonprofit entities, and others in response to disasters. Discusses roles and challenges for emergency support fun...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2009.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Disaster relief. Emergency medical services. Nonprofit organizations. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Examines statutory authorities and coordinating mechanisms of the President and Secretary of HHS to provide emergency medical and public health assistance to State and local governments, nonprofit entities, and others in response to disasters. Discusses roles and challenges for emergency support function 8 (ESF-8) of the national response plan, and Federal funding to support ESF-8.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.