Disaster ethics: What are the ground rules?
Current Psychiatry. 2007 June;06(06):69-78
June 1, 2007|Current Psychiatry
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3 cases can help you make appropriate decisions when priorities suddenly change.
- American Psychiatric Association. www.psych.org/disasterpsych.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. www.bt.cdc.gov/mentalhealth.
- Duke University. https://psychiatry.mc.duke.edu/clinical/disastermentalhealth.html.
Emotional dynamics that motivate disaster response
| Altruism |
| Courage |
| Empathy |
| Compassion |
| Confrontation with mortality |
| Loss of personal sense of invulnerability |
| Identification with those affected |
| Relief at survival |
| Reminders of past experiences |
| Wish to undo harm and “do good” |
| Guilt about being unaffected |
| Feelings of affiliation |
| Source: Reference 13 |
