Coping with Disaster: General Practitioners' Perspectives on the Impact of the Canterbury Earthquakes

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dc.citation.volume6
dc.contributor.authorJohal SS
dc.contributor.authorMounsey Z
dc.contributor.authorTuohy R
dc.contributor.authorJohnston DM
dc.coverage.spatialUnited States
dc.date.available2014-04-02
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractAim - To explore the challenges for general practitioners (GPs) following the 2010/2011 Canterbury earthquakes and describe how these were met. Methods - Qualitative study using semi-structured interviews with eight GPs from the Christchurch area exploring their experiences. Results - The interviews revealed that the GPs faced a range of challenges both in the immediate aftermath of the earthquakes and in the following months. These included dealing with an increased and changed workload, and managing personal concerns. The GPs reflected on their coping behaviour and how their professional practice had changed as a result. Conclusions - All GPs reported significant increases in workload raising questions about the need for coordination of locum support. GPs often found themselves working outside their area of accustomed expertise especially in relation to patients needing financial aid. GPs identified a number of coping behaviours though some only in hindsight. Greater awareness of self-care strategies would benefit GPs responding to disasters.
dc.description.publication-statusPublished online
dc.identifierhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24707446
dc.identifierecurrents.dis.cf4c8fa61b9f4535b878c48eca87ed5d
dc.identifier.citationPLoS Curr, 2014, 6
dc.identifier.doi10.1371/currents.dis.cf4c8fa61b9f4535b878c48eca87ed5d
dc.identifier.eissn2157-3999
dc.identifier.elements-id237869
dc.identifier.harvestedMassey_Dark
dc.languageeng
dc.relation.isPartOfPLoS Curr
dc.subject.anzsrc0603 Evolutionary Biology
dc.titleCoping with Disaster: General Practitioners' Perspectives on the Impact of the Canterbury Earthquakes
dc.typeJournal article
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pubs.organisational-group/Massey University
pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/College of Humanities and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/College of Humanities and Social Sciences/Joint Centre for Disaster Research
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