id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-018752-7jmnwpq6 Medina, Marie-Jo Pandemic Influenza Planning for the Mental Health Security of Survivors of Mass Deaths 2016-02-12 .txt text/plain 6723 506 54 Mass fatality management preparedness planning is paramount in any influenza pandemic preparedness plan if business continuity is to be expediently achieved, and survivor grief and psychological trauma can be mitigated through the honourable and respectful handling of the remains of the dead. This chapter aims to rectify the oversight in pandemic preparedness plans by presenting a compendium of guidelines and recommendations by international health organisations; pandemic fatality experts; and experienced mass death management professionals. This chapter aims to rectify the oversight in pandemic preparedness plans by presenting a compendium of guidelines and recommendations by international health organisations; pandemic fatality experts; and experienced mass death management professionals. Mass fatality is defined as an event where the number of the dead exceeds available local capacities for appropriate management of human remains (Morgan 2006; Ralph 2015) . ./cache/cord-018752-7jmnwpq6.txt ./txt/cord-018752-7jmnwpq6.txt