Disasters and disabled persons
An examination of the safety needs of a neglected minority
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3898347 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Arnold R Parr (University of Canterbury, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 148-159 |
| Publication date | 1987-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Disasters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0361-3666 • E-ISSN: 1467-7717 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-7717.1987.tb00629.x |
| OpenAlex | W2009306038 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 2 |
Disasters do not affect everyone in the same way. Safety needs of the ten per cnet of the population who are disabled prior to disaster must be ascertained; contingency plans and preparations should be made to ensure that disabled persons. Consideration of the safety needs of disabled persons in disasters seems to have beenlargely neglected by emergency services and those voluntary and statutory organizations directly concerned with disablement
Affect (linguistics · Business · Disabled people · Environmental health · Injury prevention · Medical emergency · Occupational safety and health · Poison control · Political science · Population · Psychiatry · Special needs · Statutory law · Suicide prevention · Disaster Response and Management · Engineering · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Law · Medicine · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,15 |
| Citation span | 1992 - 2021 (30) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |