Aberfan and the Management of Trauma

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3898005
AutoresMartin Johnes (0000-0001-9700-5120, autor de correspondencia)
Año2000
Volumen24
Número1
Páginas1-17
Fecha de publicación2000-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaDisasters (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0361-3666 • E-ISSN: 1467-7717
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/1467-7717.00128
PMID10718011
OpenAlexW2092184132
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas9

This paper is a case study of the management of post-disaster trauma in 1960s Britain. It explores the traumatic aftermath of the 1966 Aberfan disaster (where 116 children and 28 adults were killed when a colliery spoil heap collapsed on top of a school in a small Welsh mining community) which had a devastating impact on the village. The professional and voluntary services made available to help the bereaved, survivors and wider community are documented and assessed. The paper demonstrates how limited finance and the popular and professional contemporary understanding of trauma and disasters hindered those services, and how the actions of government and media had a negative impact on the community's recovery. This case study of disaster management in the 1960s illustrates many of the pitfalls that continue to haunt the response to man-made tragedies in the UK

Archaeology · Criminology · Emergency management · Geography · Government (linguistics · Medical emergency · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Welsh · Disaster Management and Resilience · Engineering · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Law · Medicine · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies