The Value of Support for Aid Workers in Complex Emergencies: A Phenomenological Study

Disaster Management and Response

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 28-35

  Hearns, Annette ^a,b   Deeny, Pat ^a,b  

^a United Nations Mission   (Sudan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; ANGER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; COMMUNICATION; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIEF WORK; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 34249061242     PISSN: 15402487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dmr.2007.03.003     Document Type: Article

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