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Medical Errors/statistics & numerical data , National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, U.S., Health and Medicine Division , Quality of Health Care/standards , Ambulatory Care/statistics & numerical data , Hospital Mortality/trends , Humans , Iatrogenic Disease/epidemiology , Mandatory Reporting , Medical Records/statistics & numerical data , Mortality/trends , Periodicals as Topic/statistics & numerical data , United States/epidemiology , United States Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality/standardsABSTRACT
Worksite disease prevention and health promotion have developed into a field of endeavor that is accepted by a majority of employers in the United States and welcomed by many of their employees. This chapter examines the evolution of worksite health promotion and describes current worksite activities and their benefits. The authors also discuss several issues that must be addressed for the future.
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Health Promotion/organization & administration , Occupational Health , Physician's Role , United StatesSubject(s)
Disaster Planning , Disaster Planning/methods , Health Workforce , Humans , United StatesSubject(s)
Disaster Planning , Hospitals , Warfare , Bed Occupancy , Humans , Military Medicine , Operating Rooms , Time Factors , United StatesABSTRACT
KIE: This is an introduction to a set of four commentaries on the controversy that has arisen over whether physicians should cooperate in Defense Department planning for the care of military casualties, airlifted to U.S. civilian hospitals, in the event of a large-scale war. The commentaries are by Jay C. Bisgard, H. Jack Geiger, James T. Johnson, and Thomas H. Murray.^ieng
