Long-term Psychological and Occupational Effects of Providing Hospital Healthcare during SARS Outbreak

Healthcare workers (HCWs) found the 2003 outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) to be stressful, but the long-term impact is not known. From 13 to 26 months after the SARS outbreak, 769 HCWs at 9 Toronto hospitals that treated SARS patients and 4 Hamilton hospitals that did not treat S...

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Main Authors: Robert G. Maunder, William J. Lancee, Kenneth E. Balderson, Jocelyn P. Bennett, Bjug Borgundvaag, Susan Evans, Christopher M.B. Fernandes, David S. Goldbloom, Mona Gupta, Jonathan J. Hunter, Linda McGillis Hall, Lynn M. Nagle, Clare Pain, Sonia S. Peczeniuk, Glenna Raymond, Nancy Read, Sean B. Rourke, Rosalie J. Steinberg, Thomas E. Stewart, Susan VanDeVelde Coke, Georgina G. Veldhorst, Donald A. Wasylenki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2006-12-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/12/12/06-0584_article