The readiness is all. planning and training for post-disaster support work

Social Work Education

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 517-528

  Smith, Martin ^a   Lees, David ^b   Clymo, Kay ^c  

^a Emergency Duty Team for Buckinghamshire Social Services   (United Kingdom)

^b Buckinghamshire Shared Services   (United Kingdom)

^c Bristol Branch   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Counselling; De briefing; Disaster response; Post traumatic Stress; Support; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 85055300045     PISSN: 02615479     EISSN: 14701227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0261547032000126452     Document Type: Article

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