...Parisa Shojaei; Mohammad Reza Maleki; Rafat Bagherzadeh Purpose Hospitals are all required to be prepared against crisis, while according to studies, most hospitals are not prepared enough to encounter disaster problems. Therefore, each hospital should have an established programme to face...

...Mohamed M. Mostafa; Rod Sheaff; Michael Morris; Valerie Ingham This study examines Egyptian managers' perceptions of their hospitals' preparation for crisis management. A total of 259 participants completed a 24‐item Strategic Preparation for Crisis Management (SPCM) instrument. The instrument...

... to the types of structures and the structural and non‐structural problems of 110 hospitals in the capital city of Tehran. The earthquake safety procedures for health care facilities, standards and criterion for their appropriate performance during natural disasters and the general requirements for structural...

... ]. In this context, the findings in this study tend to support those who question the severity of the mental health outcome of emergencies and disasters. Table I. Psychiatric Hospital of Department Sampled by Zone Table II. Psychiatric Hospital Admissions – 1990, 1991 and 1992 by Zones...