Ethnocultural Perspectives on Disaster and Trauma Foundations, Issues, and Applications /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Marsella, Anthony J. (Editor), Johnson, Jeannette L. (Editor), Watson, Patricia (Editor), Gryczynski, Jan (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2008.
• Series: International and Cultural Psychology Series,
• Subjects: Psychology.; Cross-cultural psychology.; Cross Cultural Psychology.

Crises do not occur in cultural vacuums, but help often does. Good intentions are not enough. Lack of cultural understanding, sensitivity, and competencies can hamper and even harm the professional response to disasters. To help and heal, one must know and understand the cultural background of disas...