01284pab a2200169 454500 180718b2000 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Johnes, Martin Aberfan and the management of trauma 2000 p.1-17 Mar This paper is a case study of the management of post-disaster trauma in 1960s Britain. It explores the traumatic aftermath of the 1966 Aberfan disaster (where 116 children and 28 adults were killed when a colliery spoil heap collapsed on top of a school in a small Welsh mining community) which had a devastating impact on the village. The professional and voluntary services made available to help the bereaved, survivors and wider community are documented and assessed. The paper demonstrates how limited finance and the popular and professional contemporary understanding of trauma and disasters hindered those services, and how the actions of government and media had a negative impact on the community's recovery. This case study of disaster management in the 1960s illustrates many of the pitfalls that continue to haunt the response to man-made tragedies in the UK. - Reproduced Disasters - Great Britain Disaster management Disasters 44798 44798 44798 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-07-19 Volume no: 24, Issue no: 1 AR45211 2018-07-19 2018-07-19 AR