Management of dead bodies as a component of psychosocial interventions after the tsunami: A view from Sri Lanka

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 249-257

  Sumathipala, A ^a,d   Siribaddana, S ^b,d   Perera, C ^c,d  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Sri Jayewardenepura General Hospital   (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RUHUNA   (Sri Lanka)

^d Forum for Research and Development   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; CADAVER; COMMUNITY CARE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DESTRUCTION; DISASTER; DNA DETERMINATION; ETHICS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; GRIEF; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; LEGAL ASPECT; MANAGEMENT; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; POSTHUMOUS CARE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PSYCHOTRAUMA; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIETY; SRI LANKA; TSUNAMI;

CADAVER; GRIEF; HUMANS; MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL; NATURAL DISASTERS; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SRI LANKA;

EID: 33745093508     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: 13691627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540260600656100     Document Type: Article

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