From Dead Body to Person: The Handling Of Fatal Mass Casualties In Disasters
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Date
1979
Authors
Blanshan, Sue A.
Quarantelli, E. L.
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Publisher
Disaster Research Center
Abstract
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In the earthquake which devastated Tangshan, China in 1976 official documents were leaked indicating that at least 655,000 people were killed. How the Chinese dealt with this large number of bodies is unknown. But the problems must have been multiple and massive.
Keywords
Fatal Mass Casualties , body handling