PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Sharon See
TI  - Rediscovering Community—Reflections After Hurricane Sandy
AID  - 10.1370/afm.1585
DP  - 2013 Nov 01
TA  - The Annals of Family Medicine
PG  - 571--573
VI  - 11
IP  - 6
4099  - http://www.annfammed.org/content/11/6/571.short
4100  - http://www.annfammed.org/content/11/6/571.full
SO  - Ann Fam Med2013 Nov 01; 11
AB  - Hoboken, New Jersey, is a town of 50,000 residents located across the Hudson River from New York City. Most of Hoboken’s infrastructure was compromised during Hurricane Sandy as a result of flooding and power outages that rendered many businesses inoperable, including all of the pharmacies in town. Despite a focus on emergency preparedness since Hurricane Katrina and 9/11, there were no contingencies in place to facilitate and assess the medication needs of the community in the event of a natural disaster. This essay describes how the author rediscovered the meaning of community, and through working with colleagues in other health care disciplines and non–health care volunteers, provided care to patients in suboptimal circumstances.