Coping responses of emergency physicians and nurses to the 2003 severe acute respiratory syndrome outbreak

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 322-328

  Phua, D H ^a   Tang, H K ^a   Tham, K Y ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Coping mechanisms; Nurses; Physicians; Severe acute respiratory disorder; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; EMOTION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FILIPINO; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMOR; MALE; MORBIDITY; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIGION; SCREENING TEST; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SINGAPORE; STRESS;

EID: 15944375473     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2004.11.015     Document Type: Article

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