An exploratory study of nurses suffering from severe acute respiratory syndrome (sars)

International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 150-160

  Mok, Esther ^a   Chung, Betty P M ^a   Chung, Joanne W Y ^a   Wong, Thomas K S ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hong Kong; Perception of illness; Severe acute respiratory syndrome.

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BOREDOM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEAR; FEMALE; GUILT; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SOCIAL ISOLATION; UNCERTAINTY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANGER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BOREDOM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; FEAR; FEMALE; GUILT; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT ISOLATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SOCIAL ISOLATION; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 24944588102     PISSN: 13227114     EISSN: 1440172X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-172X.2005.00520.x     Document Type: Article

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