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What we can learn about recovery: Lessons from the F ukushima survivors
Author(s) -
Tone Mayuko,
Stone Teresa
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
nursing and health sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.563
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1442-2018
pISSN - 1441-0745
DOI - 10.1111/nhs.12117
Subject(s) - medicine , psychology
Recovery from disaster can take a lifetime, and people looking in from outside might not appreciate the stages of recovery. Little talked about is the stigma, which might attach to the survivors of a disaster, especially if it is a man‐made disaster. This paper documents the account of a Japanese nursing student who visited the area 18 months after the Great East J apan earthquake and tsunami, talked to the people there, and shared her reflections. The experiences of the F ukushima survivors are linked to those of victims of other disasters, whose recovery was impeded by being discriminated against and stigmatized.

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