Citation

Varghese SB. Crit. Care Nurs. Clin. North Am. 2010; 22(4): 515-522.

Affiliation

School of Nursing, University of Houston Victoria, Sugar Land Campus, 14000 University Boulevard, Office # 347, Sugar Land, Texas 77479, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.ccell.2010.09.005

PMID

21095559

Abstract

A disaster is defined as an unforeseen event that causes great damage, destruction, and human suffering, which in turn overwhelms the response capacity of local communities, oftentimes necessitating external requests for assistance on a national or international level. Many investigators have explored the nature of, reasons for, and management of disasters; however, there exists a paucity of literature that details disaster from the victims' perspective. This article focuses on the cultural, ethical, and spiritual implications of natural disasters from the survivors' perspective.

Language: en