Emergency Mass Care

Dewitt Smith
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Dewitt Smith: Operations, the American National Red Cross

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1957, vol. 309, issue 1, 118-131

Abstract: Disaster, by common usage a term now applied to natural rather than war catastrophe, has brought about the development of emergency mass care—a means of meeting the urgent and temporary physical needs of popula tions suddenly made homeless. In the years 1950-55 almost a million persons have received such care from the American National Red Cross, the organiza tion which has over the years built up an elaborate and well-functioning system for meeting the emergency needs of disaster victims. Nevertheless there is need for continued study and research in order to arrive at even more effective plans and action designed to minimize the effects of disasters.—Ed.

Date: 1957
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