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Volume 354:772-773 February 16, 2006 Number 7
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Hurricane Katrina and Disaster Medical Care

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by Cranmer, H. H.
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To the Editor: After reading the Perspective articles about Hurricane Katrina (Oct. 13 issue), I would like to offer another perspective. Although the public health work described in the first two articles was admirable,1,2 it was irrelevant to most of the people who were evacuated. Only about 50,000 went to shelters. Most of the nearly 1 million displaced people went to hotels or to the homes of family and friends. Among them were the doctors and nurses who normally served this population.

Dr. Cranmer is correct about the disconnect between the needs of the hurricane victims and the aspirations of . . . [Full Text of this Article]



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