Cultural, ethical, and spiritual implications of natural disasters from the survivors' perspective

Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 515-522

  Varghese, Shainy B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON VICTORIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster; Relief; Survivor; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFIDENTIALITY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; ETHICS; ETHNOLOGY; GRIEF; HUMAN; MIGRATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SURVIVOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFIDENTIALITY; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTERS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHICS; GRIEF; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PRINCIPLE-BASED ETHICS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SECURITY MEASURES; SOCIAL VALUES; SPIRITUALITY; SURVIVORS;

EID: 78649369798     PISSN: 08995885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2010.09.005     Document Type: Review

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