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- Title
Charting a Course into the Unknown: Banda Aceh, Indonesia, Tsunami, 2004.
- Authors
Anderson, Karen M.
- Abstract
TOPIC. My journey as an Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurse, aboard the USNS Mercy, providing humanitarian aid to victims of the December 2004 tsunami is the focus of this paper. PURPOSE. To offer insights about healing and recovery that I learned from my time with the victims of this disaster that may be applicable to future disaster situations. SOURCE OF INFORMATION. The author's personal experience of being a volunteer. CONCLUSIONS. My contributions focused on providing mental health care to victims of the tsunami as well as the development of a program of psychosocial intervention and education for children affected by the disaster.
- Subjects
INDONESIA; HUMANITARIAN assistance; MENTAL health; TSUNAMIS; NATURAL disasters; VOLUNTEER workers in social services
- Publication
Perspectives in Psychiatric Care, 2007, Vol 43, Issue 1, p47
- ISSN
0031-5990
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1744-6163.2007.00106.x