TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - Charting a course into the unknown: Banda Aceh, Indonesia, tsunami, 2004
JO  - Perspectives in psychiatric care
A1  - Anderson, Karen M.
SP  - 47
EP  - 51
VL  - 43
IS  - 1
N2  - 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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0031-5990
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-6163.2007.00106.x
ID  - ref1
ER  -