Responses to disaster: reflections on a visit to Japan
Keywords:
Japan, disaster response, displaced personsAbstract
AbstractDuring the course of a short lecture/consultation visit to Japan, victims of atomic bombs and survivors of the great Tohuko tsunami raised ethical, psychological and historical issues.
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