Providing Care and Facing Death: Nursing During Ebola Outbreaks in Central Africa

Journal of Transcultural Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 289-297

  Hewlett, Bonnie L ^a   Hewlett, Barry S ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC); Ebola hemorrhagic fever; epidemics; explanatory models; nurses; Republic of Congo (ROC); stigmatization; Uganda

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN MEDICINE; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONGO; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; ETHNOLOGY; EVALUATION; FAMILY; FEAR; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; UGANDA; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER;

ALTRUISM; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONGO; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; EVALUATION STUDIES; FAMILY; FEAR; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STEREOTYPING; UGANDA;

EID: 26444578944     PISSN: 10436596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043659605278935     Document Type: Article

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