Volunteer experiences in community housing during the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, Japan

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 357-359

  Kako, Mayumi ^a   Ikeda, Sugako ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b KOBE CITY COLLEGE OF NURSING   (Japan)

Author keywords

Disasters; Earthquakes; Japan; Mental health; Volunteering

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; EARTHQUAKE; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOUSING; JAPAN; LIVER FAILURE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL STRESS; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL NETWORK; VICTIM; VOLUNTEER;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; DISASTER PLANNING; EARTHQUAKES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOUSING; HUMANS; JAPAN; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VOLUNTARY WORKERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 70449584786     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2009.00484.x     Document Type: Article

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