Missing persons in post-conflict settings: best practices for integrating psychosocial and scientific approaches
| Autor: | Mary Ellen Keough, Tal Simmons, Margaret F. Samuels |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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Social Work
Warfare Interprofessional Relations Best practice Yugoslavia Psychological intervention 03 medical and health sciences Social support 0302 clinical medicine Nursing Adaptation Psychological Humans Crime scene Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Bosnia and Herzegovina Family Health Social work business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Benchmarking Forensic Medicine Public relations Relief Work Mental health 030227 psychiatry business Psychosocial |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health. 124:271-275 |
| ISSN: | 1466-4240 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/146642400412400615 |
| Popis: | This paper argues the importance of establishing integrated systems to meet the needs of forensic investigations as well as the needs of families of the missing in post-conflict situations. Meeting the psychosocial needs of families to resolve uncertainty and to recover the remains of their loved ones must be part of a multidisciplinary team approach to a transparent and standardised scientific investigative protocol. The authors present several case studies from the former Yugoslavia illustrating community-based interventions combining education projects and participation in antemortem data collection as well as providing a support network for families of the missing. The participation of the scientific investigators (pathologists, anthropologists, crime scene investigators, etc), many of whom are unprepared for the presence of family members at the scene, is critical to the success of the integrated process. Providing for and sustaining a long term follow-up programme with families, who may require ongoing mental health and social support, is also essential. |
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